IDAHO

Gem State

Origin of state's name: Idaho is a coined or invented word, and is not a derivation of an Indian phrase "E Dah Hoe (How)" supposedly meaning "gem of the mountains.

A silk flag, blue field, five feet six inches fly, and four feet four inches on pike, bordered with gilt fringe two and one-half inches in width, with state seal of Idaho twenty-one inches in diameter, in colors, in the center of a blue field. The words "State of Idaho" are embroidered in with block letters, two inches in height on a red band three inches in width by twenty-nine inches in length, the band being in gold and placed about eight and one-half inches from the lower border of fringe and parallel with the same.

Entered Union: July 2, 1890; 43rd State
Capital: Boise
Motto: Esto Perpetua (It is perpetual)
Flower: Syringa
Bird: Mountain bluebird
Tree: White pine
Song: Here We Have Idaho

A LITTLE HISTORY
Exploration of the Idaho area began with Lewis and Clark (1805-1806). Next came fur traders, setting up posts (1809-1834), and missionaries, establishing missions (1830s-1850s). Mormons made their first permanent settlement at Franklin in 1860. Idaho's Gold Rush began that same year and brought thousands of permanent settlers. Strangest of the indian Wars was the 1,300-mile trek in 1877 of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe, pursued by troops that caught them a few miles short of the Canadian border. In 1890, Idaho adopted a progressive Constitution and became a state.

FACTS AND TRIVIA ABOUT IDAHO
Hell's Canyon is the deepest canyon in North America. It is 7900 feet deep.

The longest main street in the U. S. is in Island Park. It runs for 33 miles.

Idaho was the last of the 50 states to be sighted. It was "discovered" by Europeans in 1805.

Gold can be found in some form in every county in Idaho. The state also produces 72 different kinds of gemstones, some of which can't be found anywhere else in the world!

Sacagawea, Shoshonean Indian guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was born in 1790. She was the interpreter for the explorers on their trip down the Missouri River.

Philo Farnsworth, who emigrated to Rigby, Idaho, in 1919 at the age of 11, was the inventor of television. He first came up with the idea when he was only 13 years old.

Butch Cassidy robbed the bank in Montpelier in 1896.

The battleship Idaho was launched in 1917

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In 1936 the world's first ski chair lift opens at Sun Valley. 1936: Sun Valley resort established by Union Pacific Railroad. World's first ski chair lift opens at Sun Valley.

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