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Idaho (/ˈaɪdəhoʊ/ ⓘ EYE-də-hoh) is a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west; the state shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north with the Canadian province of British Columbia. Idaho's state capital and largest city is Boise. With an area of 83,569 square miles (216,440 km2), Idaho is the 14th-largest state by land area. The state has a population of approximately two million people; it ranks as the 13th-least populous and the seventh-least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states.
For thousands of years, and prior to European colonization, Idaho had been inhabited by natives. In the early 19th century, Idaho was considered part of the Oregon Country, an area which was disputed between the U.S. and the British Empire. Idaho officially became a U.S. territory with the signing of the Oregon Treaty of 1846, but a separate Idaho Territory was not organized until 1863, instead being included for periods in Oregon Territory and Washington Territory. The state was eventually admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, becoming the 43rd state.
Forming part of the Pacific Northwest (and the associated Cascadia bioregion), Idaho is divided into several distinct geographic and climatic regions. The state's north, the relatively isolated Idaho Panhandle, is closely linked with Eastern Washington, with which it shares the Pacific Time Zone—the rest of the state uses the Mountain Time Zone. The state's south includes the Snake River Plain (which has most of the population and agricultural land), and the southeast incorporates part of the Great Basin. Idaho is quite mountainous and contains several stretches of the Rocky Mountains. The United States Forest Service holds about 38% of Idaho's land, the highest proportion of any state. (Full article...)
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William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah voted for American entry into World War I but is often considered an isolationist, for he led the Irreconcilables, senators who opposed ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, which would have made the U.S. part of the League of Nations.
Borah was born in rural Illinois to a large farming family. He studied at the University of Kansas and became a lawyer in that state before seeking greater opportunities in Idaho. He quickly rose in the law and in state politics, and after a failed run for the House of Representatives in 1896 and one for the United States Senate in 1903, was elected to the Senate in 1907. Before he took his seat in December of that year, he was involved in two prominent legal cases. One, the murder conspiracy trial of Big Bill Haywood, gained Borah fame though Haywood was found not guilty and the other, a prosecution of Borah for land fraud, made him appear a victim of political malice even before his acquittal. (Full article...)
Did you know
- ... that an Idaho TV station lost its network affiliation after less than two years on the air but did not permanently close for another decade?
- ... that the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery faced criticism in 2014 when it did not allow a lesbian couple to be buried together?
- ... that a new soccer team in Boise, Idaho, plans to play at a converted horse racing track?
- ... that Eastern Michigan's only bowl-game victory before defeating San Jose State in the 2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was against San Jose State in the 1987 California Bowl?
- ... that some Idaho mountain deathcamas are pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees?
- ... that American football linebacker Segun Olubi grew up in New Jersey, Minnesota, Arizona, England, and California, and attended four different colleges in Idaho, California, and Arkansas?
- ... that after serving as the speaker of the Oregon Territory House of Representatives, Lafayette Cartee moved to the Idaho Territory where he became a well-known horticulturalist?
- ... that in its first full month on the air, an Idaho TV station had the highest prime-time viewing share of any independent station in the United States?
- ... that Pocatello mayor Les Purce was the first African-American political officeholder in Idaho?
- ... that 76 beavers parachuted into Central Idaho in 1948?
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2008 Humanitarian Bowl • Boise National Forest • William Borah • Cutthroat trout • Ernest Hemingway • Harmon Killebrew • Sawtooth National Forest
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List of governors of Idaho • List of longest streams of Idaho • United States congressional delegations from Idaho
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1970 Idaho gubernatorial election • 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl • Beulah Ream Allen • Leonard J. Arrington • Beaver drop • David B. Bleak • Burke Canyon • Burke, Idaho • Coeur d'Alene, Idaho • Bill Haywood • USS Idaho (BB-42) • Interstate 86 (Idaho) • Kootenay River • H. Rex Lee • The Oregon Trail (1971 video game) • The Oregon Trail (1985 video game) • Potlatch River • Jane Severance • Snake River • Twin Falls saucer hoax • U.S. Route 195 • Brad White (defensive lineman)
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At the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Southwestern Idaho in September 2003 Capt. Christopher Stricklin ejected from the USAF Thunderbirds number six aircraft less than a second before it impacted the ground at an air show at the base. Stricklin, who was not injured, ejected after guiding the jet away from the crowd of more than 60,000 people
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