| Idaho | ||
| Date of Statehood: | July 3rd, 1890 (43rd state) | |
| Motto: | Esto perpetua (Let it be perpetual) | |
| Capital: | Boise | |
| Population: | 1,293,953 | |
| Nickname: | Gem State; Gem of the Mountains | |
| Song: | Here We Have Idaho | |
| Flag: | The Idaho state flag was adopted in 1907. | |
| Flower: | Syringa | |
| Tree: | White Pine | |
| Bird: | Mountain Bluebird | |
| Famous People: | Ezra Pound, Gutzon Borglum, Sacagawea | |
| Chief Products: | potatoes, sugar beets, mining, silver, anitmony, lead, cobalt, garnet, phosphate rock, vanadium, zinc, mercury, apples, wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, hops | |
| Fun Facts: | Gold was discovered at Orofino Creek in 1860. Prospectors swarmed into the territory, but they left little more than a number of ghostowns; points of interest are the Nez Perce National Historic Park, which includes many sites visited by Lewis and Clark; Craters of the Moon National Monument; the State Historical Museum in Boise. | |
