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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.
The University of Idaho in Moscow was the first university in the state (founded in 1889). It opened its doors in 1892 and is the land-grant institution and primary research university of the state. Idaho State University in Pocatello opened in 1901 as the Academy of Idaho, attained four-year status in 1947 and university status in 1963.
Year Date Event 2019: January 7: Brad Little assumes office as the 33rd Governor of the State of Idaho.: 2010: April 1: The 2010 United States census enumerates the population of the State of Idaho, later determined to be 1,567,582, an increase of 21.1% since the 2000 United States census.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Idaho to the Union on July 3 1890. An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959. The following chronology traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Idaho.
The Territory of Idaho was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1863, [1] until July 3, 1890, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as Idaho.
Volunteer soldiers who served in Idaho did not fight against the Confederacy, but instead monitored traffic along the Oregon Trail and protected communications routes between the western and eastern United States. Fort Boise, at the site of the city of Boise was founded on July 3, 1863.
1912 – Idaho State Capitol opens (first phase) 1913 – Idaho Labor Herald and New Freedom newspapers begin publication. [7] Boise-Payette Lumber Company in business; Map of Boise in 1917. 1920 – Population: 21,393; 1921 – St. John's Cathedral completed; 1925 – Union Pacific Depot opens Idaho Country Club founded, became Hillcrest in 1940
The Grand Lodge of Idaho was founded in Idaho City in 1867. Idaho Lodge No. 1 was originally located in Idaho City, but is now in Boise. During the boom, the greater Boise Basin population numbered in the tens of thousands, but most departed the mountains once mining declined. Idaho City's population fell below 900 by 1870 and was down to 104 ...