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Idaho
THE GEM STATE
State Seal
State Map
• 84,000 square miles
• Population of 1.6 million
• 44 counties
• Capital is Boise with 186,000 people
Idaho Rivers
Idaho Early History
The Paleo Indians were the first people to inhabit the area known as Idaho in 10,000 b.c.
The Shoshone Indians were the next to inhabit the area 8000 years later
They had lived in the dessert as nomadic Indians, but some what settled in Idaho. They lived off of the diverse wildlife in the mountains and valleys
The Nez Perce also inhabited Idaho around this time and settled on some of the many rivers and therefore thrived.
The Idaho population density at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition was only 1 to 2 people per square mile.
Idaho History
Lewis&Clark entered Idaho on August 12, 1805
Sacajawea’s home state
Both the Nez Perce and Shoshone Indians provided assistance.
Shortly after in 1806 Kullyspell House, the first non native establishment, was built near Lake Pend Oreille.
By 1834 the Oregon trail had begun, but Idaho was bypassed due to the extreme cold.
1836 Henry Spalding grew the first potatoe
This soon changed as gold was discovered in 1952 on the Pend Oreille River.
Idaho History
As gold and silver mines sprung up, Idaho’s first city Franklin was established in 1860.
From 1860-1863 mining towns sprung up at Silver City, Idaho City, and Pierce.
1867 Shoshone-Bannock Indians were forced on to the Fort Hall Reservation (1.8 million acres)
1877 Nez Perce war between Indians and settlers
Electricity came during the 1880’s to Idaho
In 1884, silver was discovered in the Coeur d'Alene area which would prove to be the nation's richest deposit.
Idaho History
In 1890 with a population of 88,000 Idaho became the 43rd state under govener George Shoup.
In 10 years the population doubled and in the next 10 years it doubled again leaving Idaho with 325,000 people by 1910.
1920 “The Big Blow Up” occurred and burned 1/6 of Idaho’s regional forests.
1936 Sun Valley Resort opened and introduced the world’s first chair lift
J.R. Simplot dehydrated the first potato in 1941 to give way to the frozen fries
Idaho History
1951 Idaho was the first to use nuclear fission to generate electricity
Ernest Hemingway died in his home in Ketchum (1961)
By 1970 there were over 700,000 people
1972 there was a fire in Sunshine mine that killed 91 miners
1983 earthquake measuring 7.3 on the richter scale killed two children and caused millions of dollars in damage
2009 Idaho hosted the Special Olympics World Winter Games
The Gem State
It is called the gem state because a mining lobbyist George M. Willing proposed the name Idaho to Congress as the new name for the territory.
George M. Willing told Congress the name Idaho came from the Shoshone Indians which translated means Gem of the Mountain.
Idaho was then discovered to not actually be an Indian word, but the name stuck and it was left with Idaho or The Gem State.
Interesting Facts
Philo Farnsworth invented the television in Idaho
Soda Springs is in Idaho (largest man-made geyser)
#1 producer of potatoes, trout, winter peas, and lentils
Hell’s Canyon, deepest gorge in the US
The law forbids for a citizen to give another citizen a box of candy weighing more than 50 pounds
Sun Valley was the first destination ski resort in the US
Famous People
Gutzon Borglum
Lilian Disney
Sacajawea
Sarah Palin
Jerry Kramer
Philo Farnsworth
Ernest Hemmingway
State symbols
State Vegetable- Potatoe
State Fruit- Huckleberry
State Fish- Cutthroat Trout
State Gem- Star Garnet
State Raptor- Peregrine Falcon
State Flower- Syringa
State Dance- Square Dance
State Bird- Mountain Blue Bird
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5TzggtamW8
The End