Portal:Idaho

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Idaho (/ˈaɪ.də.hoʊ/ ⓘ, EYE-də-hoe) 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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Moscow (/ˈmɒskoʊ/ MOSS-koh) is a city in and the county seat of Latah County, Idaho. Located in the North Central region of the state along the border with Washington, it had a population of 25,435 at the 2020 United States census. Moscow is the home of the University of Idaho, the state's land-grant institution and primary research university.

It is the principal city in the Moscow, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Latah County. The city contains over 60% of the county's population, and the university is Moscow's dominant employer, the city also serves as an agricultural and commercial hub for the Palouse region. (Full article...)

Did you know

  • ... that a new soccer team in Boise, Idaho, plans to play at a converted horse racing track?
  • ... that several mining communities in Idaho during the late 19th century were majority-Chinese?
  • ... 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 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 Pocatello mayor Les Purce was the first African-American political officeholder in Idaho?
  • ... that the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery faced criticism in 2014 when it did not allow a lesbian couple to be buried together?
  • ... that Idaho's Ridgevue High School collaborated with a local museum to select their mascot, which honors the P-40 Warhawk World War II fighter plane?
  • ... that some Idaho mountain deathcamas are pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees?
  • ... that Warren Truitt served as a legislator in Oregon and a judge in Alaska in the 19th century, and as both a legislator and a judge in Idaho in the 20th?

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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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