- The Cataldo mission is the oldest building in the state.
- American Falls is unique from most communities because
the entire town was moved in the mid-1920s when the original
American Falls Dam was constructed.
- Rexburg is home to Ricks College, the largest private
two-year college in the nation.
- Elk River is the home of the Idaho Champion Western Red
Cedar Tree, the largest tree in the state. Estimated to be
over 3000 years old this giant is more than 18 feet in
diameter and stands 177 feet tall.
- Albertson College of Idaho in Caldwell was founded as
the College of Idaho in 1891 and is the state's oldest
four-year institution of higher learning.
- Perched at 9,500 feet on Trinity Mountain is the highest
fire lookout in the Boise National Forest.
- In Idaho law forbids a citizen to give another citizen a
box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
- The city of Grace in the Gem Valley is most famous for
their certified seed potatoes.
- Blackfoot is home of the Eastern Idaho State Fair.
- The Dworshak Reservoir is over 50 miles long. The
Dworshak Dam is in Orofino.
- Grangeville is located in north central Idaho. The
community is considered the getaway to five wilderness areas
and four national forests totaling 5 1/2 million acres. The
total is second only to Alaska in designated wilderness
area.
- In 1896 Council Valley shortened its name to Council.
- The Lewis & Clark Highway (United State Highway 12) is
the shortest route from the midwest to the Pacific Coast and
the longest highway within a national forest in the nation.
- The elevation of Cambridge is 2,650 feet above sea level
with the surrounding mountains reaching elevations around
100%0 feet and plummeting to around 1500 feet in Hells
Canyon.
- The economy of Idaho City originally developed around
gold mining in the 1860s.
- Heyburn, originally named Riverton, is the fourth oldest
community in the Mini-Cassia area and the second frontier
town to be settled in what is now the county of Minidoka.
- Bruneau Dunes State Park contains North America's
tallest single structured sand dune. It stands 470 feet
high.
- Bruneau Canyon Overlook offers a view into a 1,200
foot-deep, 100%-foot-wide river canyon.
- Downey's first mercantile store, the W. A. Hyde Co., was
built in 1894.
- The Kamiah Valley is rich in the heritage and legends of
the Nez Perce. It was here, among the ancestors of the
present day Nez Perce, the Appaloosa horse was first bred,
primarily for use as a war animal.
- In 1973, the Sawtooth Recreation Area opened its doors
north of Ketchum, making the community the gateway to the
Sawtooths.
- On August 8, 1905, Kimberly auctioned city lots for
prices ranging from $100 to $750.
- Idaho's world famous hot springs are located in Lava Hot
Springs.
- Hell's Canyon is the deepest gorge in America.
- Shoshone Falls, The Niagara of the West, spills over a
212-foot drop near Twin Falls.
- Kuna is known as the Gateway City to the Birds of Prey
Natural Area.
- Birds of Prey Wildlife Area is home to the world's most
dense population of nesting eagles, hawks, and falcons.
- At 5897 feet elevation, Mackay calls itself the Top of
Idaho because it is the nearest city to Mt. Borah, the
highest mountain in Idaho.
- Soda Springs boasts the largest man-made geyser in the
world.
- Lewiston is located at the confluence of the Snake and
Clearwater Rivers. The elevation is 738 feet above sea
level.
- The Treasure Valley area around Nampa is known as
Idaho's Banana Belt.
- During the 1860s an Oregon Shoreline Railroad base camp
called Boomerang was constructed in Payette.
- Pocatello is home to Idaho State University.
- Post Falls is known as Idaho's River City.
- Saint Stanislaus Church, in Rathdrum, is the oldest
brick church in the state of Idaho.
- Rigby is known as the birthplace of television since it
is Philo T. Farnsworth's hometown. Farnsworth pioneered
television technology.
- Under Idaho law only two forms of city government are
allowed: a mayor/councilor or a council/manager form.
- Shelley has been the home of the Idaho Annual Spud Day
since 1927.
- Sun Valley is recognized as the home of America's first
destination ski resort.
- Weiser is Home of the National Old Time Fiddlers
Contest.
- The "Idaho Enterprise" published its first issue on June
6, 1879 and is one of the oldest weekly publications in
Idaho.
- President Theodore Roosevelt established the Caribou
National Forest in 1907. The area now covers more than 1
million acres in southeast Idaho.
- In 1924 local McCall resident and Olympic ski champion,
Cory Engen, started the celebration known as the Winter
Carnival to help curb the boredom of the long McCall
winters.
- Meridian is named for the Boise Meridian, the Idaho land
surveyor's north-south line running through Initial Point,
located 16 miles due south of the city.
- Annually Mountain Home Air Force Appreciation Day boasts
presenting the largest parade in Idaho.
- Idaho ghost towns include Silver City, Yankee Fork, Gold
Dredge, and the Sierra Silver Mine.
- Sawtooth Mountain/Sawtooth National Recreational Area
was named for its jagged profile.
- Anderson Dam is known for its blue-ribbon fly-fishing.
- Idaho's first territorial prison was opened in 1872. It
was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It
was converted into a public facility after the last
prisoners were removed in 1974.
- Seven Devils' Peaks, one of the highest mountain ranges
in Idaho, Includes Heaven's Gate Lookout, where sightseers
can look into four states.
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