In the spring of 1902, the fair association purchased of land on the present-day corner of Fairview and Orchard and moved the fair to that site.Hart 22 - Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: A Centennial History. Boise. Joslyn & Morris Co., 1997. This was also the year that the fair welcomed "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show.Hart 27 - Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: A Centennial History. Boise. Joslyn & Morris Co., 1997. The fair of 1913 included its first full-fledged rodeo, called the Boise Stampede. This rodeo included the best livestock and contestants from other famous rodeos, such as the Pendleton Round-Up and Cheyenne Frontier Days.Hart 30 - Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: A Centennial History. Boise. Joslyn & Morris Co., 1997.
