Portal:Idaho

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The University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, circa 1915

Idaho (/ˈaɪdəhoʊ/ ^ⓘ EYE-də-hoh) 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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Boise Airport (IATA: BOI, ICAO: KBOI, FAA LID: BOI) (Boise Air Terminal or Gowen Field) is a joint civil-military airport in the western United States in Idaho, three miles (5 km) south of downtown Boise in Ada County. The airport is operated by the city of Boise Department of Aviation, overseen by an airport commission. The busiest airport in the state, it serves more passengers than all other Idaho airports combined and roughly ten times as many passengers as the next busiest airport at Idaho Falls.

Boise is a landing rights airfield requiring international general aviation flights to receive permission from a Customs and Border Protection officer before landing. (Full article...)

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Did you know

... 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?
... that the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery faced criticism in 2014 when it did not allow a lesbian couple to be buried together?
... that a new soccer team in Boise, Idaho, plans to play at a converted horse racing track?
... that American football linebacker Segun Olubi grew up in New Jersey, Minnesota, Arizona, England, and California, and attended four different colleges in Idaho, California, and Arkansas?
... 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 Eastern Michigan's only bowl-game victory before defeating San Jose State in the 2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was against San Jose State in the 1987 California Bowl?
... that Pocatello mayor Les Purce was the first African-American political officeholder in Idaho?
... 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 76 beavers parachuted into Central Idaho in 1948?

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May 9, 2021: Three injured in a school shooting in Idaho, US; sixth grader in custody

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The following are images from various Idaho-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Morning Glory Spire (from National Parks in Idaho)
Image 2Köppen climate types in northern Idaho (from Idaho panhandle)
Image 3All female survey crew - Minidoka Project, Idaho 1918 (from History of Idaho)
Image 4Seal of Idaho Territory 1866-1890 (from History of Idaho)
Image 5City of Rocks National Reserve (from National Parks in Idaho)
Image 6Bath Rock (from National Parks in Idaho)
Image 7Seal of Idaho Territory 1863-1866 (from History of Idaho)

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Image 1The Boise City National Bank in 1974
Image 2The Sawtooth Valley from Galena Summit, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho
Image 3At the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Southwestern Idaho in September 2003 Capt. Christopher Stricklin ejected from the USAF Thunderbirds number six aircraft less than a second before it impacted the ground at an air show at the base. Stricklin, who was not injured, ejected after guiding the jet away from the crowd of more than 60,000 people
Image 4The city beach in Sandpoint sits on Lake Pend Oreille
Image 5The downtown area of Atomic City, Idaho
Image 6The Treasure Valley from the east side of Bogus Basin
Image 7Tumblers in the 1933 issue of the Boise High School yearbook
Image 8An aerial view of the Power County wind farm in Power County, Idaho

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v t e State of Idaho
Boise (capital)
Topics	Index Geography Government Delegations Governors History Bibliography Images People Symbols Tourist attractions	Seal of Idaho
Society	Crime Culture Demographics Economy Education Elections Politics
Regions	Boise metropolitan area Cache Valley Central Idaho Columbia River Plateau Eastern Idaho Great Basin Inland Empire Magic Valley North Central Idaho Idaho Panhandle Palouse Southern Idaho Southwestern Idaho Treasure Valley Wasatch Range Wood River Valley Yellowstone
Larger cities	Boise Nampa Meridian Idaho Falls Pocatello Caldwell Coeur d'Alene Twin Falls Lewiston Post Falls Rexburg Moscow Eagle
Smaller cities	Kuna Ammon Chubbuck Mountain Home Hayden Blackfoot Garden City Jerome Burley
Counties	Ada Adams Bannock Bear Lake Benewah Bingham Blaine Boise Bonner Bonneville Boundary Butte Camas Canyon Caribou Cassia Clark Clearwater Custer Elmore Franklin Fremont Gem Gooding Idaho Jefferson Jerome Kootenai Latah Lemhi Lewis Lincoln Madison Minidoka Nez Perce Oneida Owyhee Payette Power Shoshone Teton Twin Falls Valley Washington

Protected areas of Idaho

Federal

National Conservation Areas	Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey
National Fish Hatcheries	Dworshak Kooskia
National Forests	Bitterroot Boise Caribou-Targhee Clearwater Coeur d'Alene Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Kootenai Nez Perce Payette Salmon-Challis Sawtooth St. Joe Wallowa–Whitman Wasatch-Cache
National Grasslands	Curlew
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Minidoka Nez Perce
National Monuments	Craters of the Moon Hagerman Fossil Beds
National Parks	Yellowstone
National Recreation Areas	Hells Canyon Sawtooth
National Reserves	City of Rocks
National Trails	California Continental Divide Ice Age Floods Lewis and Clark Nez Perce Oregon Pacific Northwest
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Battle Creek Big Jacks Creek Bruneau Bruneau (West Fork) Clearwater (Middle Fork) Cottonwood Creek Deep Creek Dickshooter Creek Duncan Creek Jarbidge Little Jacks Creek Lochsa Owyhee Owyhee (North Fork) Owyhee (South Fork) Rapid Red Canyon Saint Joe Salmon Salmon (Middle Fork) Selway Sheep Creek Snake Wickahoney Creek
National Wildlife Refuge	Bear Lake Camas Deer Flat Grays Lake Kootenai Minidoka Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
Other	National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Wilderness Areas

State

State Parks

Wildlife
Management
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Other

Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve

Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation

Mountains of Idaho

Albion Mountains

Bitterroot Range

Centennial Mountains	Mount Jefferson
Clearwater Mountains	Stripe Mountain

Selkirk Mountains	Mica Peak

Sublett Range High Point

West Mountains

Snowbank Mountain

White Cloud Mountains

Others

v t e Properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
	Ada Adams Bannock Bear Lake Benewah Bingham Blaine Boise Bonner Bonneville Boundary Butte Camas Canyon Caribou Cassia Clark Clearwater Custer Elmore Franklin Fremont Gem Gooding Idaho Jefferson Jerome Kootenai Latah Lemhi Lewis Lincoln Madison Minidoka Nez Perce Oneida Owyhee Payette Power Shoshone Teton Twin Falls Valley Washington

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