The City of Eagle, one of the Treasure Valley's premier communities, is located in Western Ada County approximately 13 miles west of Boise. Eagle is one of the smaller cities in Ada County with a population of about 14,000.
Sitting between the foothills and the Boise River, Eagle residents enjoy many recreational activities, such as horseback and bike riding, walking trails, ponds and waterways, a new state-of-the-art skate park. There are numerous nearby parks: for summer fun Eagle Island features grassy picnic areas with tables, a group shelter, equestrian trails and a waterslide; Lucky Peak was listed by Northwest Travel Magazine as one of the Northwest's top 25 parks; and at Bruneau Dunes there is camping, fishing, hiking, and an astronomical observatory. Spacious golf courses add to the pleasant environment in Eagle. Banbury Golf Course and Eagle Hills Golf Course are located within the city borders, and two more are located on the perimeter.
Eagle is a family oriented community. The city sponsors many fun events and festivities for the community, such as Eagle Fun Days Festival with its Wet and Wild Parade and the World’s Largest Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed, a traditional July 4th Celebration with games and fireworks, Halloween activities, and an old fashioned Country Christmas.
Residents enjoy the quiet and charm of residential family life while also benefiting from easy access to urban amenities and outdoor recreation – a highly prized combination in my increasingly active world. Eagle controls development so as to maintain an aesthetic standard. Open space, attractive design standards, and a Western architectural theme featuring traditional streetlights and tree lined streets all contribute to the city’s charm.
Eagle is a bedroom community whose workforce serves the larger city of Boise and other Treasure Valley employment centers. Their focus is on providing attractive residential areas, newer subdivisions, numerous parks, and pathways for walking and biking that connect the neighborhoods, and linking the Boise River Greenbelt system to the larger community. Two major highways that traverse the state run through the city, thus making Eagle easily accessible.
LOCATION
Eagle is situated in a beautiful area between the Boise foothills and the Boise River, less than ten miles northwest of Boise. Two of Idaho’s major highways run through Eagle - Hwy 55 (north-south) and Hwy 44 (east-west), making access to and from Eagle efficient and convenient.
The nearest city with a significantly larger population is Boise (9.3miles). Cities nearest to Eagle are Garden City (6.4 miles) and Meridian (6.5 miles).
TRANSPORTATION/AIRPORTS
The Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field is about 14 miles away in Boise. Major national and regional airlines serve the Boise airport with daily connections to major U.S. cities.
BRIEF HISTORY
The name for the town and island of Eagle came from the earliest settlers in the Valley. At this time, bald eagles were still prevalent in the Valley and near the Boise River an eagle’s aerie was spotted in a tall cottonwood tree. Thus, "Eagle's Island" was first named.
Thomas Hugh Aikens was a Nova Scotian who arrived in Boise, and secured a job with the government engineers who were surveying land tracks. In 1880 he purchased a plot than went from Boise through Middleton. This parcel was part of what was to become the City of Eagle. Mr. Aiken was instrumental in the development of Eagle. He made possible the strategic placement of Eagle Island Bridge, which still stands in its original location. In 1910, he constructed the 16-room Eagle Hotel, which housed several schoolteachers and a crew of workmen who constructed the bridge. Aikens donated a lot in Eagle on which the Baptist Church was relocated, and the adjoining property was provided for the parsonage. Mrs. Aikens later gave the lot across the highway for the community hall. The last few years of Aikens’ life were spent in Southern California where he passed away at the age of 79.
In 1896, there were approximately thirty homes in the entire Eagle area, scattered from Eagle to Boise. In the last years of the century the engineers and farmers constructed a 25-mile water ditch to supply the Eagle area.
By 1902 the town sported two businesses: a blacksmith shop and a small grocery. By the turn of the century the Enterprise School District was formed, which took the children through the eighth grade. Students were traveling some miles to Boise for their high school education, so classes were provided locally, first meeting at the Odd Fellows Hall, until 1910 when a new brick schoolhouse was constructed where the Eagle Grade School currently stands. Valley Lodge No. 100 was an important social and civil organization that provided financial and medical assistance to those in need, and sponsored enjoyable social events, where marriages were formed and money changed hands.
Over time local businesses developed – the Eagle Idaho Drug Store, the Boise Valley Packing Co. established in 1913. Fires were a hazard in Eagle, and later history reveals that raising the money to purchase trucks and construct a fire station provided quite a challenge for the townspeople, but, with the generous contribution of a local rancher, the project was successfully completed.
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