Entered the Union: July 3, 1890 (43) | Capital: Boise |
State Motto:Esto perpetua (It is forever) | State Nickname: Gem State |
Origin of Name: An invented name of unknown meaning | |
State Bird: Mountain Bluebird | State Fish: Cutthroat Trout |
State Tree: White Pine | State Vegetable: Potato |
State Flower: Syringa | State Fruit: Huckleberry |
State Horse: Appaloosa | State Raptor: Peregrine Falcon |
State Song:“Here We Have Idaho” | State Insect: Monarch Butterfly |
National Forests: 13 • State Parks: 27 | |
Famous for: Sun Valley Ski Resort, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Nation's largest Elk herds, Potatoes | |
Famous Idahoans: Joe Albertson (Grocery Chain Founder), Ezra Taft Benson (Secretary of Agriculture), Gutzon Borglum (Mt. Rushmore Sculptor), Ernest Hemingway (Author), Chief Joseph (Nez Perce), Harmon Killebrew (Baseball), Sacagawea (Shoshone Guide), Henry Spalding (Missionary), Picabo Street (Skier) |
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