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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.
Idaho, like its fellow statehood-seeking territory, Wyoming, was not the subject of an enabling act, as other statehood-seeking territories usually were before holding a constitutional convention. However, an enabling act for Idaho had been introduced in December 1888 by Oregon Senator John H. Mitchell , and its potential statehood was ...
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.
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.
Idaho State Univ. document (PDF) on origin of name "Idaho" and how Idaho became territory; COLUMBIA: Fall 1988; Vol. 2, No. 3, The Long Wait for Statehood, Why it took Washington 36 years and Idaho 26 years to achieve their goals. Idaho Organic Act 1863 – An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Idaho
Provisional Government of Oregon (extralegal), 1843–1849; Oregon Treaty of 1846; Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Idaho: Unorganized territory created by the Oregon Treaty, 1846–1848; Territory of Oregon, 1848–1859; State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850; Territory of Washington, 1853–1889
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The governor of Idaho is the head of government of Idaho [2] and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The officeholder has the duty to see state laws are executed, power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Idaho Legislature. [3] The current governor of Idaho is Brad Little, a Republican, who took office on January 7, 2019.