HISTORY MOMENTS

The Idaho State Historical Society reports that during this week in history:

Chief Joseph—remembered for his leadership during, and after, the 1877 hostilities between the United States Army and the Nez Perce Indian tribe—died in exile on September 21, 1904, while sitting in front of his tipi fire at the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington state. Chief Joseph is best remembered for his speech at the end of the 1877 hostilities, "I am tired of fighting. . . . It is cold and we have no blankets. . . . Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Hurricane Hugo, with winds of up to 135 miles per hour, hit Charleston, SC, on September 21, 1989, causing an estimated $8 billion in damage.

The Union Pacific Railroad's "finest depot on the line" opened on September 25, 1903, at Nampa. Built at a cost of between $30,000 to $40,000, it served the Union Pacific for twenty years. Today it houses the Canyon County Historical Society Museum.

Mountain Home Air Force Base became the only base in the world to be assigned the advanced F-111F fighter aircraft when the first two planes landed on September 22, 1971.

Congress established the United States Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General on September 24, 1789, with the passage of the First Judiciary Act.