Idaho History and Genealogy |
Idaho Facts:
Capital
City: Boise
Area: 83574
sq.mi
Bird: Mountain
Bluebird
Constitution:
43rd State
Economy:
Agriculture: Cattle, potatoes, dairy products, wheat, sugar beets, barley.
Industry:
Food processing, lumber and wood products, machinery, chemical products,
paper products,
silver and other mining, tourism.
Flower:
Syringa - Mock Orange
Largest
City: Boise
Motto:
Esto perpetua (Let it be perpetual)
Nickname:
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.
Song: Here
We Have Idaho
Topography:
Image Snake River plains in the south, central region of
mountains,
canyons gorges; subalpine northern region.
Tree: Western
White Pine