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| A Aberdeen Albion American Falls Arbon Arco Arimo Ashton Athol Ava Hot Springs B Bancroft Basalt Bellevue Blackfoot Bliss Bloomington Boise Bonners Ferry Bovill Buhl Burley C Caldwell Cambridge Carey Cascade Castleford Challis Clark Fork Clifton Coeur D Alene Cottonwood Council Craigmont Culdesac | D Dayton Deary Declo Dover Downey Driggs Dubois E Eagle Eden Emmett E Fairfield Filer Firth Fort Hall Franklin Fruitland G Garden City Genesee Georgetown Glenns Ferry Gooding Grace Grand View Grangeville Greenleaf H Hagerman Hailey Hansen Harrison Hayden Hazelton Heyburn Homedale Horseshoe Bend | I Idaho City Idaho Falls Inkom Iona Island Park J Jerome Juliaetta K Kamiah Kellogg Kendrick Ketchum Kimberly Kooskia Kootenai Kuna L Lapwai Lewiston Lewisville M Mackay Malad City Marsing Mccall Mccammon Melba Menan Meridian Middleton Montpelier Moscow Mountain Home A F B Mountain Home Moyie Springs Mullan | N Nampa New Meadows New Plymouth Newdale Nezperce Notus O Oakley Orofino Osburn P Paris Parker Parma Paul Payette Pierce Pinehurst Plummer Pocatello Ponderay Post Falls Potlatch Preston Priest River R Rathdrum Rexburg Richfield Rigby Riggins Ririe Roberts Rockland Rupert | S Salmon Sandpoint Shelley Shoshone Smelterville Soda Springs Spirit Lake Star Stites Sugar City Sun Valley Swan Valley T Teton Tetonia Troy Twin Falls U Ucon V Victor W Wallace Weippe Weiser Wendell Weston Wilder Winchester Worley | ||||||
| Interesting Facts ~ Idaho is the 37th most populous and the 14th most extensive of the 50 states of the USA ~ ~The state attained statehood on July 3, 1890, becoming the 43rd state to join the union ~ ~ State nickname is the Gem State because of its rich gemstone deposits ~ ~ Produces 72 types of precious and semi-precious stones ~ ~ Idaho’s first territorial prison was opened in 1872 ~ ~ Butch Cassidy, robbed the bank in Montpelier, on August 13, 1896 ~ ~ People who live in Idaho are called Idahoans ~ Sawtooth Range contains more than 50 peaks ~ ~ Borah Peak is Idaho’s highest point at 12,662 ft (3,859 m), over 2 1/4 mile ~ ~ Home to several ghost towns including: Silver City, Yankee Fork and Gold Dredge ~ ~ Between 1863 and statehood the Idaho Territory had 16 governors, four of whom never set foot in Idaho ~ ~ State motto is “Esto perpetua,” which means “Let it be perpetual.” ~ ~ Most of Idaho is in the Mountain Time Zone, while the northern Panhandle observes Pacific Time ~ ~ Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner was born in Wallace ~ ~ Hells Canyon is North America’s deepest river gorge at about 7,993 ft (2,436 m) from rim to river ~ ~ Around 63% of Idaho’s land is managed as public land ~ State bird is the Mountain Bluebird ~ ~ State gem is the Star Garnet ~ Snake River is Idaho’s longest river and drains most of the state ~ ~ Hundreds of natural hot springs from its active geothermal systems ~ ~ Bear Lake spans Idaho and Utah and glows turquoise from suspended minerals ~ ~ Shoshone Falls drops about 212 ft (65 m), which is higher than Niagara Falls ~ ~ Payette River is renowned for kayaking and whitewater rafting ~ ~ State fruit of Idaho is the Huckleberry ~ State Song of Idaho is “Here We Have Idaho.” ~ ~ World’s first alpine skiing chairlift is located in Sun Valley ~ ~ The “River of No Return Wilderness” is the largest wilderness area in the 48 contiguous states ~ ~ Sacajawea escorted Lewis and Clark through northern Idaho to the Columbia River basin ~ ~ Mattock-ax tool used in firefighting, was invented in Idaho ~ ~ Nearly 85% of all the commercial trout sold in the US is produced in the Hagerman Valley ~ ~ Island Park has the longest Main Street in America is located in Idaho, which is 33 miles in length ~ ~ Silver Valley has produced more than $4 billion in precious metals since 1884 ~ ~ Ernest Hemingway arrived in 1939 to work on his novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls ~ ~ Soda Springs boasts the largest man-made geyser in the world ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
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