HISTORY MOMENTS The Idaho State Historical Society reports that during this week in history: "In order to assure the preservation and protection of the natural, scenic, historic, pastoral, and fish and wildlife values and to provide for the enhancement of the recreational values associated therewith," the 756,000-acre Sawtooth National Recreation Area was dedicated on September 1, 1972. Japan formally surrendered to the Allies on September 2, 1945, aboard the battleship Missouri, ending World War II. Boise Junior College opened its doors on September 6, 1932, at St. Margaret's Hall with seventy students and fourteen faculty members. It became Idaho's third university in 1973. The eight-year Revolutionary War between the United States and England ended on September 3, 1783, with the signing of a treaty in Paris. After crossing present-day Lost Trail Pass the previous day, Captain William Clark recorded in his journal on September 4, 1805, the following, " we met a part of the Flathead nation of 33 lodges about 80 men 400 total and at least 500 horses, those people received us friendly, threw white robes over our Sholders & Smoked in the pipes of the peace, we encamped with them & found them friendly... I was the first white man who ever wer on the waters of this river." An attempt on the life of United States President Gerald Ford was made on September 5, 1975, by Charles Manson disciple Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Sacramento, California.