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An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Oregon to the Union on February 14, 1859. An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Idaho on March 3, 1863. An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Montana on May 26, 1864.
The history of Idaho is an examination of the human history and social activity within the state of Idaho, one of the United States of America located in the Pacific Northwest area near the west coast of the United States and Canada.
Year Date Event 2009: March 30: U.S. President Barack Obama signs An Act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes, creating the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail and the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail.
There are other historic sites preserved in Idaho. Considering them provides perspective on the NHLs. In particular, there are two areas in the National Park System: Nez Perce National Historical Park, a set of 38 sites located throughout the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington which are the traditional aboriginal lands of the Nez ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "History of Idaho" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Idaho: Idaho – U.S. state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.
In 1924 a plan emerged either to move Map Rock to Boise or to cut the rock and move pieces to Boise to become a feature of the State Capitol grounds. [4] [5] Although the plan soon was abandoned, the rock was found to have sustained damage. [6] Map Rock and the surrounding 38 acres were acquired by Canyon County in 2012. [7]
Idaho Territory assumed the boundaries of the modern state at that time. The discovery of gold, silver and other valuable natural resources throughout Idaho beginning in the 1860s, as well as the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, brought many new people to the territory, including Chinese laborers who came to work the mines ...