Idaho's first gold was discovered by prospector E. D. Pierce on Orofino Creek in 1860. George Grimes found gold in the Boise Basin in 1862.
 

Lewis and Clark reached Idaho in 1805 after crossing the Bitterroot Range. They camped near the site where Lewiston was founded in 1861.
 

Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians defeated U.S. troops at White Bird Canyon in June 1877. The Indians surrendered four months later near the Canadian Border.