John D. Daly was a prominent banker and real estate owner. He helped to found the Idaho Trust and Savings Bank and the Pacific National Bank (First Security Bank) in Boise, and he had been associated with at least two Oregon banks, the First National Bank in Ontario and the First National Bank in Burns.[3] The Daly Addition, adjacent to the western boundary of the Harrison Boulevard Historic District, was named for John D. Daly.[4][5][6]