Idaho Info
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Capital
City: Boise
Economy: Agriculture, manufacturing,
lumber, tourism.
Passport/Visa U.S.: Citizens
of Canada need to show proof of citizenship accompanied by photo I.D. (a
passport is recommended) to enter the U.S. and to re-enter Canada. Reconfirm
travel document requirements with your carrier prior to departure.
Population: 1,293,953
Time Zone: 7-8 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time (-7 and -8 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is observed from
the first Sunday of April to the last Sunday of October
Idaho's Flag:
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.
History of Idaho:
After its acquisition by the U.S. as part of the Louisiana
Purchase in 1803, the region was explored by Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark in 1805–06. Northwest boundary disputes with Great Britain were
settled by the Oregon Treaty in 1846 and the first permanent U.S. settlement
in Idaho was established by the Mormons at Franklin in 1860. After gold
was discovered on Orofino Creek in 1860, prospectors swarmed into the territory,
but left little more than a number of ghost towns. In the 1870s, growing
white occupation of Indian lands led to a series of battles between U.S.
forces and the Nez Perc?, Bannock, and Sheepeater tribes. Mining, lumbering,
and irrigation farming have been important for years. Idaho produces more
than one fifth of all the silver mined in the U.S. It also ranks high among
the states in antimony, lead, cobalt, garnet, phosphate rock, vanadium,
zinc, mercury, and gold. Idaho's most impressive growth began when World
War II military needs made processing agricultural products a big industry,
particularly the dehydrating and freezing of potatoes. The state produces
about one fourth of the nation's potato crop, as well as wheat, apples,
corn, barley, sugar beets, and hops. With the growth of winter sports, tourism
now outranks mining in dollar revenue. Idaho's many streams and lakes provide
fishing, camping, and boating sites. The nation's largest elk herds draw
hunters from all over the world and the famed Sun Valley resort attracts
thousands of visitors to its swimming and skiing facilities. Other points
of interest are the Craters of the Moon National Monument; Nez Perc? National
Historic Park, which includes many sites visited by Lewis and Clark; and
the State Historical Museum in Boise.
Other Idaho Links:
Association
of Idaho Cities
Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry
Idaho Department of Education
Idaho Division of Tourism Development |
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