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5 unusual facts about Idaho Territory


1890 Manifesto

that a law in Idaho Territory which disenfranchised individuals who practiced or believed in plural marriage was constitutional.

Davis v. Beason

A statute of the Idaho Territory required a similar oath, in order to limit or eliminate Mormons' participation in government and their control of local schools.

Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open

The centennial referred to the establishment of the Idaho Territory in 1863; statehood for Idaho came 27 years later in 1890.

John Hailey

John Hailey (August 29, 1835 – April 10, 1921) was a Congressional Delegate from Idaho Territory.

William Carlin

He put down a miners' strike in the Idaho Territory and served in several posts in the South during Reconstruction.


Henry Wilkens

During the Nez Perce War, he was among the cavalry troopers which did battle with various small bands of renegade Indians hiding throughout the Idaho Territory.

Homer Pound House

It is significant as the birthplace of the poet Ezra Pound (1885–1972), who was born there on October 30, 1885, when Hailey was part of the Idaho Territory.


see also

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.

John Irwin

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