Bowmont Rural School

Bowmont Rural School

Named for J. F. Bow, who cut the site out of a 160-acre plot he had carved from the sagebrush in 1911, Bowmont was along the Boise Nampa Owyhee ( BNO) Railway running from Nampa to Murphy. About ten miles south of Nampa, it was a connecting link from the newly homesteaded area south of that city, which was another reason why it became a busy village. J. F. Bow served as mayor of Nampa from 1921 to 1923.

Wylie, Madge Cook; "Bowmont-Spotlight City"; Idaho Magazine. https://www.idahomagazine.com/article/bowmont-spotlight-city/

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