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95 unusual facts about Idaho


Bonnie Huy

Born in Boise, Idaho, Huy worked in the aviation industry before retiring and entering into politics.

Brandon D. Woolf

Woolf was born in 1972 to Dennis and Liz Woolf of Whitney, Idaho, the oldest of five children.

Bruneau, Idaho

Eastbound SH-78 crosses the Snake River and links through Hammett to Interstate 84.

Burton L. French

Born in Carroll County, Indiana, French was the fourth of nine children and moved with his parents in 1880 to Kearney, Nebraska, and to Princeton, Idaho via San Francisco two years later.

Cameahwait

It is believed that he was buried on a butte between the towns of Lemhi and Tendoy, Idaho.

Charles C. Rich

The communities of Paris and Geneva, Idaho, as well as some other neighboring towns, were under his direction.

Charles N. Watkins

His father died in St. Louis; after his mother remarried, the family moved to Bear Lake County, Idaho in the early 1870s.

Clarkia fossil beds

The Clarkia fossil beds (also known locally as the Fossil Bowl) is a Miocene lagerstätte near Clarkia, Idaho.

Clinton Ballou

Clinton Edward Ballou (born 1923 in King Hill, Idaho, to William Clinton Ballou and "Mollie" Ballou) is a Professor Emeritus of biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.

Clio Awards

In December 1983, Apple purchased time on KMVT in Twin Falls, Idaho, after the normal sign-off and recorded the broadcast in order to qualify.

Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen

The Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen was formed in 1967 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, by Francis Schuckardt with the assistance of Denis Chicoine.

Curlew Valley

At the valley's northeast, Deep Creek turns east, then almost due north into Idaho, meeting Stone, ID and the south border of the Curlew National Grassland.

David C. Dolby

Dolby died at age 64 on the morning of August 6, 2010, while visiting Spirit Lake, Idaho, for a veterans' gathering.

Deep Creek Murders

The John Sparks-Herrel Jasper Harrell Cattle Company, among others, claimed the grazing lands surrounding Rogerson.

Dixie Kiefer

He was born at Blackfoot, Idaho, on 5 April 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Kiefer.

Dwaine Wilson

A graduate of Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, he played 2 seasons for the Montreal Concordes (part of the Montreal Alouettes franchise history.) In 1984 he played 16 games and in 1985 he played 13 games.

Edgar Steele

In her petition, she asked for numerous damages, including child support payments of $1,400 per month, two of the family's vehicles, and their horse ranch in Sagle, Idaho.

Eli M. Oboler Library

Previously located at the Bannock County Courthouse Annex, the Arthur P. Oliver Law Library is now on the first floor of the Oboler Library and contains court reporters, state and federal codes, and legal research materials.

Eriophyllum lanatum

Lewis and Clark saw Eriophyllums growing above their camp on the Clearwater near present day Kamiah, Idaho.

Ferdinand, Idaho

The second subdivision of the Camas Prairie Railroad arrived in Ferdinand in 1909, branching off the main line at Spalding and ending at Grangeville.

Fernwood, Idaho

The city shares a public K-6 school with the communities of Clarkia, Santa and Emida.

Frank McEncroe

The Chiko Roll brand today is owned by Simplot Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the J. R. Simplot Company, a private food and agribusiness company based in Boise, Idaho.

Frank T. Cary

Frank T. Cary (14 December 1920, Gooding, Idaho – 1 January 2006, Darien, Connecticut) was a U.S. Executive and Businessman.

Fred T. Perris

In 1863, at age 26, he was hired to survey and subdivide land for a city named Perris, Idaho (later renamed Paris).

Fredrick Monroe Taylor

He was a Prosecuting attorney of Valley County from 1927 to 1933 and from 1935 to 1938, returning to private practice in Boise, Idaho from 1938 to 1954.

Gene Harris

He was mostly retired to Boise, Idaho, starting in the late 1970s, although he performed regularly at the Idanha Hotel there.

George Josten

George Josten (born May 12, 1986 in Idaho Falls, Idaho) is an American soccer player who last played for Portland Timbers in the USSF Division-2 Professional League.

George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping

Having passed through Blanchard, Idaho, they followed the highway until they turned at a point on the mountain.

Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad

Constructed in 1909 and 1910 between the towns of Armstead, Montana and Salmon, Idaho, the G&P served mining and agricultural areas in Lemhi County, Idaho and Beaverhead County, Montana.

Good Grief

Good Grief, Idaho, an unincorporated community in the United States

Harlowton, Montana

The city was once the eastern terminus of electric operations (1914–74) of the Milwaukee Road railroad's "Pacific Extension" route, which went all the way to Avery, Idaho.

Hyde Park Historic District

Hyde Park, Boise, Idaho, also called Hyde Park Historic District, in Boise, Idaho, listed on the NRHP in Idaho

IB Diploma Programme

In 2012, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the school board voted to eliminate all IB programmes in the district.

ICD Freestyle

The ICD Freestyle (abbreviated FS) is an electropneumatic paintball gun, or marker, made by Indian Creek Designs of Nampa, Idaho.

Idaho Candy Company

Products from the company are labeled as "Owyhee" after the Owyhee River and Owyhee County, Idaho, that are located near the production plant.

Idaho gubernatorial election, 1998

In addition, Peter Rickards, a podiatrist and anti-nuclear waste advocate from Twin Falls, siphoned off progressive votes that would have otherwise gone to the Democratic candidate.

Idaho Legislature

Ada County, the state's largest by population, currently has eight legislative districts within its boundaries.

The 2008 and 2009 sessions of the Idaho Legislature met in converted courtrooms in the old Ada County Courthouse.

Idaho State Police

The Region 2 district offices (4-6) are located in Jerome, Pocatello, and Idaho Falls.

Idaho Wolves

They played their home games at the soccer-specific Idaho Wolves Stadium in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Idaho's congressional districts

Meridian, Eagle, and west Boise south of Interstate 84 remain in the first district as are all areas north of Boise, including McCall, Lewiston, Moscow, and Coeur d'Alene.

J. Thomas Fyans

Born in Moreland, Idaho, Fyans was the son of Joseph Fyans and Mae Farnsworth .

Jarbidge, Nevada

The community is usually and most easily accessed using a motor vehicle by way of Three Creek Road, which originates along U.S. Route 93 in Rogerson, Twin Falls County, Idaho; the final 18 miles of this route are unimproved, but usually open all year.

Jason Kokrak

In September 2011, Kokrak won his first Nationwide Tour event, the Albertsons Boise Open in Boise, Idaho.

Jean Jenson

Jenson studied primal therapy with Arthur Janov in the seventies, and then started her own practice in Hailey, Idaho.

Katharine Graham

In 2001, Graham fell on a sidewalk while visiting Sun Valley, Idaho.

Kathryn Albertson

Albertson was born Kathryn McCurry, in Boise, Idaho on August 27, 1908, the daughter of Neunan and Ida Mae McCurry.

She attended school in the Boise school system and after graduation she enrolled at the College of Idaho, Caldwell, where, in chemistry class, she met Joe Albertson.

Kellogg High School

The only high school in the Kellogg School District #391, it serves grades 9–12 in the western Silver Valley: the communities of Kellogg, Wardner, Pinehurst, and Smelterville in western Shoshone County, and Cataldo and Rose Lake in eastern Kootenai County.

KMNZ

KMNZ-LP, a low-power television station (channel 38) licensed to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States

KMVT

Previous Fox affiliate KXTF simulcasted a weeknight prime time newscast at 9 but that show was technically produced by KPVI for its co-owned station KFXP in the Pocatello/Idaho Falls market.

KPIF

KPIF was a full-power television station serving Pocatello and Idaho Falls, Idaho, as an affiliate of the Retro Television Network.

KTRV-TV

KTRV-TV is repeated on two low-powered translators in the Garden Valley, Idaho area.

Lactarius torminosus

nordmanensis was collected by Smith in 1956 near Nordman, Idaho.

Latah Creek

At the confluence, the creek turns north, flowing past the towns of Sanders and De Smet, entering channeled scablands that have been converted to farmland.

LaVerle Pratt

After his football career he taught at Kennewick High School, in Kennewick, Washington and now resides in Elk City, Idaho.

LGBT rights in Idaho

Starting with Sandpoint in December 2011, several cities passed their own ordinances banning LGBT discrimination.

Little Lost River

Along its course the Little Lost is used for irrigation, but the only settlement of any size is Howe, situated near the mouth.

Maggie Hall

Maggie Hall (December 26, 1853 - January 17, 1888) was a prostitute originally from Dublin, Ireland in early Murray, Idaho history.

McClellan–Palomar Airport

On January 24, 2006 a Cessna Citation V landing runway 24 on a flight from Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey, Idaho burst into flames after crashing into a self-storage facility adjacent to the airport.

Milwaukee Road class ES-2

Electric switching on the Milwaukee Road was always limited to the Rocky Mountain Division, and to the middle and east end only, Avery being merely a power change, rather than a switching, location.

Monica Sone

During World War II, she and her family were interned at Puyallup Civilian Assembly Center and at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho.

Montgomery Oliver Koelsch

He was an attorney in private practice in Boise, Idaho from 1936 to 1950 and served as Assistant Prosecutor for Ada County, Idaho from 1939 to 1945.

Moyie River

Another odd name occurring along the river is the town of Good Grief, Idaho.

The river exits Moyie Lake to the south, flowing south and west by the village of Yahk, British Columbia and Yahk Provincial Park before entering Idaho at Kingsgate, British Columbia and Eastport, Idaho.

National Circuit Finals Rodeo

The National Circuit Finals were previously held every March in Pocatello, Idaho; however, for 2011 and beyond the event has been moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Naval Reactors Facility

Naval Reactors Facility (NRF) is located 52 miles northwest of Idaho Falls.

Nazareth, Tamil Nadu

In 2008, Boise, Idaho based Genesis World Mission, Inc. performed a 3-day medical outreach to the community.

North Fork Clearwater River

Below the dam the river runs southeast for a little over a mile, crosses under Idaho State Route 7, and meets the Clearwater River at Ahsahka.

Olympic-Wallowa Lineament

The Imnaha Fault (striking towards Riggins, Idaho) is more nearly in line with the rest of the OWL, and in line with the previously mentioned gravitational anomalies that run into the continent.

Oscar V. Peterson

After Peterson's death, his widow and children moved from California to Richfield, Idaho.

Payette River

Logging helped to spur even more people to move into the area, and in 1911, the Idaho Northern Railroad was constructed by the OSL, running from Emmett near the mouth of the Payette along the river, past present-day Black Canyon Reservoir, up into the North Fork watershed and ending just below Long Valley at Smith's Ferry on the river, named for a settler who bought the operation in 1891.

Further east, the Deadwood River parallels the Middle Fork and empties into the South Fork just west of Lowman.

To the east of Banks, the South Fork's Canyon, west of Lowman, is a challenging Class IV run for rafting.

Pierre Jalbert

Eventually he moved to the United States and worked as a ski instructor at Sun Valley, Idaho, in the 1950s.

Railroad electrification in the United States

The first division to be electrified was the Rocky Mountain Division from Harlowton, Montana to Avery, Idaho.

Rogerson

Rogerson, Idaho, unincorporated community in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States

S5G reactor

This nuclear reactor was installed both as a land-based prototype at the Nuclear Power Training Unit, Idaho National Laboratory near Arco, Idaho, and on board the USS Narwhal (SSN-671); both have been decommissioned.

Sahaptin peoples

As a result of urgent appeals from the Flathead Indians for missionaries, a Presbyterian mission was established (1837) among the Nez Percés at Lapwai, near the present Lewiston, Idaho, under Reverend H.H. Spaulding, who two years later set up a printing press from which he issued several small publications in the native language.

Secesh River

The river begins at the confluence of Lake Creek and Summit Creek near the unincorporated community of Burgdorf and flows generally southeast, through Secesh Meadows and a series of canyons, emptying into the South Fork near Browns Camp.

Simmons Media Group

Two years earlier the company had purchased an AM station in Salt Lake City, and in the next few years new stations in St. George, Utah, and Idaho Falls, Idaho, were acquired.

Ski for Two

After disembarking at the train station at "Sunstroke Valley", it becomes apparent that the lodge is still an additional 40 miles, with no adjacent roads or any form of transportation.

Skycycle X-2

The Skycycle X-2 was designed by Truax, and ridden by Knievel in his attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho on September 8, 1974.

Snap pea

Sugarsnap peas were developed by crossing Chinese snow peas with a mutant shell pea plant, which was done by Dr Calvin Lamborn and Dr M.C. Parker of Twin Falls, Idaho.

St. Maries River Railroad

For several years from 1980 until the mid-1980s, Potlatch also owned and operated 45 miles of adjoining former Milwaukee Road trackage, between St. Maries and Avery, Idaho, as a private logging railroad that connected with the St. Maries River Railroad.

Stanley, Idaho

Captain John Stanley, a Civil War veteran, led a party of prospectors through the area in 1863 (or 1864), but they found little gold and moved on and discovered the Atlanta lode on the south end of the Sawtooths.

The Normal Years

#*Originally appeared on Rotating Tongues, recorded by Todd Dunnigan in late 1992 at Audio Lab in Boise, Idaho.

Thompson Creek Metals

Thompson Creek Mine (near Challis, Idaho) — Known as the Thompson Creek deposit it was discovered in 1968 by Cyprus Minerals Corporation and operated from 1983 to 1992.

Tisha Sterling

She has since retired from acting, and currently resides as a florist in Ketchum, Idaho (where her mother lived for many years until her death in 2001) with her daughter, Heidi Bates Hogan.

Too Close to the Sun

In the summer of 1961 on the Hemingway ranch in Ketchum, Idaho, Hemingway's young secretary, Louella, is plotting to become his fifth wife and heir to his estate.

Walter Hendricks

He was born in Mullan, Idaho, the son of Robert Hendricks and Elizabeth Ann Thatcher.

Wellington Secondary School

The jazz bands, which range from grade 9 to 12, have also been to a number of festivals, including the Envision Jazz Festival in Surrey, British Columbia, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho, and MusicFest Canada in Vancouver (1998), Richmond (2005 and 2007), Montreal (2004), Ottawa (2001, 2006, 2008 and 2010), Toronto (1999, 2000, 2003 and 2009), and Calgary (2002).

Western tussock moth

The western tussock moth, Orgyia vetusta, formerly Hemerocampa vetusta, is a moth found in the Pacific States and British Columbia, as well as an isolated population in Boise County, Idaho.

WingTips Airport Services

WingTips also earned the contract to represent Big Sky Airlines in October 2005; however, the airline pulled out of Calgary before starting its service to Boise, Idaho and Billings, Montana.

Yellowstone hotspot

Other manifestations of the Yellowstone hotspot: Rexburg Volcanic Field (4.3 Ma), West of Rexburg, Idaho; Henry’s Lake Volcanism (1.3 Ma), Henry's Lake; Blackfoot Volcanic Field (3 Ma), Northwest of Soda Springs, Idaho; Gem Valley Volcanic Field (600 to 50 ka), near Grace, Idaho.


11th Ohio Cavalry

The battalion located its headquarters at Pacific Springs, Nebraska Territory, assigned to protect travelers and interests along the North Platte and Sweetwater Rivers, and then at South Pass, Idaho Territory, to guard the Overland Mail routes from Julesburg, Colorado to Green River, Wyoming.

189th

189th Airlift Squadron, a unit of the Idaho Air National Guard that flies the C-130 Hercules

1983 Borah Peak earthquake

The 1983 Borah Peak earthquake occurred on October 28, 1983, in the Lost River Range at Borah Peak in central Idaho, United States.

Adventist Mission

George R. Knight, The Fat Lady and the Kingdom (Boise, Idaho: Pacific Press, 1995)

Albion State Normal School

Albion Normal offered a two-year teacher training program until 1947, when it was renamed "Southern Idaho College of Education" (SICE) and authorized to confer baccalaureate degrees.

Alonzo Cook

Throughout their marriage, Cook and his wife relocated on several occasions, living in Iowa, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and California.

Battle of Kelley Creek

Mike Daggett, or Shoshone Mike, was the chief of the small band and in the spring of 1910, he led his group of eleven off the Fort Hall Reservation at Rock Creek, Idaho.

Carey, Idaho

Nearby recreational destinations include the Craters of the Moon National Monument, Carey Lake, Silver Creek and the Little Wood River.

Centennial Bridge

Veterans Memorial Centennial Bridge, in Idaho (formerly Bennett Bay Centennial Bridge)

CheyTac Intervention

On the Discovery Channel TV show Future Weapons April 9, 2007 episode "Massive Attack" the host Richard Machowicz, a former United States Navy SEAL, made 3 out of 6 shots, hitting a human-sized sheet of metal at a distance of 2,530 yards (2,313 m) at Arco Pass in Idaho.

Cleome platycarpa

It is native to the western United States from northeastern California to Idaho, including the Modoc Plateau, where it grows on clay and volcanic soils in the sagebrush.

Colorado Labor Wars

Nonetheless, it is generally accepted that Harry Orchard, the WFM member who for one day acted as a bodyguard to WFM President Charles Moyer, and who would later assassinate former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg, may have been involved in the crime.

Elections in Idaho

Idaho House of Representatives: The Idaho House of Representatives is the lower house of the state legislature.

Estella Leopold

By studying the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming, Leopold helped recreate the paleoenvironment of the Paleogene and Neogene periods.

G. nana

Grindelia nana, the Idaho gumplant or Idaho gumweed, a flowering plant species

HMLA-775

To enhance the squadron's readiness and demonstrate its versatility, HMLA-775 also participated in anti-drug and Border Patrol operations in support of Federal Agencies in locations such as Key West, FL, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Nassau, South America, California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and Jamaica.

Idaho Democratic Party

Richard Stallings, a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Idaho, had served as the party's chair since 2005.

Idaho National Laboratory

The Idaho site was for a short time named ERDA and then subsequently renamed to the "Idaho National Engineering Laboratory" (INEL) in 1977 with the creation of the Department of Energy (DOE) under President Carter.

Idaho Springs, Colorado

The 1969 film Downhill Racer, portrayed an alpine ski racer from Idaho Springs, played by Robert Redford; a brief scene was shot on location in Idaho Springs.

Jimmy Farris

In 2012 Farris was the Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Idaho's 1st congressional district, running against the incumbent, Republican Raúl Labrador.

John Goedde

As the chair of the Education Committee of the Idaho Senate, Goedde introduced legislation in February 2013 that would require all Idaho high school students to read objectivist Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

John Irwin

John N. Irwin (1847–1905), American politician, governor of Idaho Territory, 1883–1884, and Arizona Territory, 1890–1892

Jorge López Orozco

On August 11, 2002, sturgeon fishermen were riding all-terrain vehicles along the fishing section of the Snake River just outside Mountain Home, Idaho.

Joy Postle

Postle and her brother Vernon bought a ranch in southern Idaho along the Snake River Canyon.

KBSU

KBSU-FM, a radio station (90.3 FM) licensed to Boise, Idaho, United States

KEZJ

KEZJ-FM, a radio station (95.7 FM) licensed to Twin Falls, Idaho, United States

KSAW

KSAW-LD, a low-power television station (channel 51) licensed to serve Twin Falls, Idaho, United States

KTIK

KTIK-FM, a radio station (93.1 FM) licensed to New Plymouth, Idaho, United States

KWYS

KOUW, a radio station (102.9 FM) licensed to serve Island Park, Idaho, United States, which held the call sign KWYS-FM from 1998 to 2012

Lewis and Clark Expedition

In canoes, they descended the mountains by the Clearwater River, the Snake River, and the Columbia River, past Celilo Falls and past what is now Portland, Oregon at the meeting of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.

Lewisville, Idaho

For the city's important role in Idaho's potato industry, Governor Butch Otter proclaimed August 11, 2007 "Lewisville Day" statewide.

Minnesota State Highway 23

Grand Avenue in Duluth; the section of Grand Avenue that is marked MN 23 is from 59th Avenue West and I-35 (in West Duluth) to Idaho Street (in the Morgan Park neighborhood)

National Cyber Security Hall of Fame

#Corey Schou - University Professor of Informatics - Idaho State University

PCCS

Pocatello Community Charter School, a public K-8 charter school in Pocatello, Idaho, USA

Raymond Woodard Brink

Brink was the husband of author Carol Ryrie Brink, whom he had met during his first year in Idaho when both were teenagers.

Robert L. Geddes

Working first for Conda Partnership from 1981 to 1985, Geddes spent the bulk of his career with Monsanto in Soda Springs as an environmental engineer from 1985 until 2011, taking a year-long leave of absence to serve on the Idaho State Tax Commission.

Ruby Valley Pony Express Station

The Ruby Valley Pony Express Station, located at 1515 Idaho St. in Elko, Nevada, was built in 1860 in Ruby Valley, Nevada.

Salmo-Priest Wilderness

Streams have cut deep drainages into both ridges, which flow into Idaho's Priest River on the east and Sullivan Creek and the Salmo River into the Pend Oreille River on the west.

Sandpoint High School

In 2006 team placed first at the Idaho Academic Decathlon State Competition and traveled to San Antonio for the national finals, placing 17th overall and earning the title "Rookie of the Year" for a division II school.

Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad

Operating in conjunction with the Graves' lines in 1903 it formed a route between Spokane and Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho.

Stites, Idaho

In the lower canyon of the South Fork of the Clearwater River, it is about four miles (6 km) upstream and south of Kooskia on State Highway 13.

T. Texas Tyler

"T-Texas Tyler", a ballad on songwriter and recording artist Bucky Halker's 2008 CD Wisconsin 2.13.63, Volume 2, recalls Tyler's performances in Burley, Idaho in the early 1950s when he struggled with alcohol and drugs and barely made it through his set many nights, but still managed moments of skillful performance.

Ted Conover

Conover spent a year traveling with Mexicans in order to write Coyotes; he lived in a "feeder" valley in the Mexican state of Querétaro, spent time in Arizona, Idaho, California, and Florida, and crossed the border three times.

The Normal Years

#*Supposed to appear on an anti-anti-gay compilation, recorded by Ned Evett in January 1994 at Audio Lab, Boise, Idaho

Thomas Hamer

Thomas Ray Hamer (1864–1950), United States Representative from Idaho

U.S. Route 91

The U.S. 91 corridor in Idaho's Cache Valley was the primary filming location for the 2004 movie Napoleon Dynamite.

Xu Guangchun

He has been chosen to host high-level foreign delegations, including an August, 2009 visit to Zhengzhou by seven lieutenant governors from Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota and Puerto Rico.