[Vision2020] Courtesy of the Spokane Chronicle . . . November 24, 1964

[Ted Moffett]

Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1 at frontier.com> via
<https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en> moscow.com wrote:

"Moscow got the better end of the deal when it gave up the state capitol,
which moved to Boise, in exchange for the state university, which became a
land grant institution..."

"Moscow got a bigger percentage of better quality of people..."
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Wow!  I know many wonderful people in Boise who would wonder what is behind
these comments, many of whom once lived in Moscow and found Boise
to offer a more favorable environment!
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 8:09 PM Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1 at frontier.com> wrote:

> On 08/27/2018 04:33 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
>
> “*Marker Notes History*
>
> Ida Glenn and Robert Callison, University of Idaho students from Kendrick,
> admire the newest historical marker, located on U.S. Highway 95 just north
> of Moscow city limits.  The sign points out that the university, like the
> highway, links Northern and Southern Idaho.  Established Jan. 30, 1889, the
> land-grant institution opened in the fall of 1892 and now has eight
> colleges and a graduate school.”
>
> Front of press photo
> http://www.MoscowCares.com/Photos/UI/UI_Historical_Marker_112464_Front.jpg
>
> Back of press photo
> http://www.MoscowCares.com/Photos/UI/UI_Historical_Marker_112464_Back.jpg
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
>
> Moscow got the better end of the deal when it gave up the state capitol,
> which moved to Boise, in exchange for the state university, which became a
> land grant institution.
>
> Moscow got a bigger percentage of better quality of people, a better
> sustainable and higher quality of life, and a naturally more modest rate of
> growth that avoided the stresses and strains of over-rapid expansion that
> Boise City and Ada County have been required to sustain over the
> intervening decades.
>
> May Moscow continue to enjoy its modest growth and continuing successes.
>
>
> Ken
>
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