One thing that sets Boise apart from other cities is its variety of historic neighborhoods. Paula Benson from Preservation Idaho says many are lined with trees due to the city’s first surveyor, Walter Pierce. Pierce laid out subdivisions and sold real estate across Boise in the late 1800s before helping build some of Elm Grove Park’s oldest homes – something Preservation Idaho celebrates this weekend on their Heritage Homes Tour of Elm Grove Park neighborhood. You can learn more about the trees of Boise at this website. This tour aims to demonstrate how Boise has changed over the course of 150 years of construction styles and architectural styles over this same stretch of Elm Grove Park neighborhood alone!
History
Since millennia, this grove has stood unharmed. Even during the Great Conflagration when an unprecedented firestorm swept across Arcadia, its entirety was spared from destruction by an unseen force; not a single tree in this ancient forest was burned during that storm.
A grove serves as a conduit for natural energy, providing allies within its range with an additional +2 to AC and saving throws, plus they may use an action on their turn to regain 2d6 hit points from its life-giving powers.
At the entrance to Council Grove stands a bronze statue that symbolically brings together two cultures that historically intersected there. On one side stands Madonna of the Trail, an Algonite stone representation of Manifest Destiny’s triumphant march into western wilderness areas to bring Euro-American civilization, while on …