Hunt Memorial House

        This turn-of-the-century cottage holds the belongings of Governor and Mrs. Frank W. Hunt, as donated by their daughter, Kathryn.  Frank Hunt was the fifth governor of Idaho, serving from 1901 to 1903.  The Governors office was in his home, but the gaming table was in his office in the capital building.  Several pieces of the furniture in the parlor and two of the trunks came around the Cape Horn to San Francisco, then by freight wagon to Boise, so Ruth Hunt's mother wouldn't feel quite so alone in the wild west, as a new bride.  The dining room is ready for entertaining guests.  In the fabrics of the crazy quilt, on the baby bed, is all that remains of the ball gown Ruth Hunt wore to the first inaugural ball held in Idaho.  There is so much more.

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