50
YEARS BEFORE IDAHO'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
1846
-
June 15, Idaho became part of Oregon Country.
1849
-
March 3, Idaho became part of Oregon Terrirory.
1850
-
Cataldo
Mission in Kootenai County, Idaho, constructed by Coeur
d'Alene native Americans, under supervision of Jesuit missionary
Father Ravalli.
1853
-
A flood destroyed Fort Boise in Parma, Idaho. Built by Thomas
McKay a Hudson Bay Company associate.
- March 2, Idaho became of Washington Territory.
1860
-
A gold strike brought prospectors along the Clearwater River
in Nez Perce native American Reservation in Idaho.
- Franklin town in Idaho founded
by Mormon pioneers.
1861
- January 8, Shoshone
County, with Pierce as county seat in Idaho, established
by the Washington Legislature.
APRIL - BEGINNING OF
THE CIVIL WAR
1862
Civil War period
- Gold rush in the Boise Basin
area in Idaho.
- A courthouse was built
at Pierce in Shoshone County, Idaho.
- Prospectors entered
the Wood River area in Blaine County, Idaho.
- Emigrant-Native American battle
at the Massacre Rocks site near Montpelier in Idaho, killing
about 10 emigrants.
1863
Civil
War period
- About 400 Cache Valley Shoshoni
native Americans killed in Idaho, by California Volunteers,
the greatest native American disaster in the West.
- Owyhee County estbalished in
Idaho, seat Murphy.
- March 4, Idaho was made a United
States Territory with Lewiston as capital.
- March 10, William Hanson Wallace,
appointed governor of Idaho (1863-February 3, 1864).
- July 4, Fort Boise established
(on what is now Government Island) in Ada County, Idaho.
1864
Civil War period
- Boise, seat of Ada County, incorporated
and appointed capital of Idaho. Coordinates : 43°37'N-116°13'W,
area 1,055 sq.mi./2.732km²
- Cyrus Jacobs-Uberuaga, a Basque
historic building constructed in Boise, Idaho.
- Idaho County established in Idaho,
seat Grangeville.
- Idaho Territory capital Lewiston
established by Governor William Wallace, moved to Boise.
- Kootenai County established in
Idaho, seat Coeur d'Alene
- Nez Perce County established
in Idaho, seat Lewiston.
- Oneida County established in
Idaho, seat Malad City.
- Shoshone County established in
Idaho, seat Wallace.
- Caleb Lyon, appointed governor
of Idaho (1864-1865).
- February 4, Shoshone County established
under Idaho Territory, with Pierce as
seat. Area 2,640 sq.mi. (6.838km²).
Cities & Towns :Kellogg,
Mullan, Osburn, Pinehurst, Smelterville, Wallace, Wardner.
- December
22, Ada County established in Idaho, seat Boise. Named
after Ada Riggs, first white child born in the area.
1865
- C. de
Witt Smith, appointed acting governor of Idaho.
MAY - ENDING OF
THE CIVIL WAR
1866
- Horace C. Gilson, appointed acting
governor of Idaho.
- David W. Ballard, appointed governor
of Idaho (1866-1870).
- January 11, Boise City incorporated
in Ada County, Idaho.
1867
- March 25, Gutzon Borglum born
in Bear Lake, Idaho. Sculptor of Mount Rushmore National
Memorial in South Dakota.
- November 18, Henry E. Prickett,
appointed mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1867-1868).
1868
-
Thomas B. Hart, appointed mayor of Boise in Ada County,
Idaho (1868-1869).
1869
- Lemhi County established in Idaho,
seat Salmon.
- Charles Himrod, appointed mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1869-1872).
1870
- Idaho population, 14,999 residents.
- Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise,
built of sandstone quarried by prisoners.
- Land of the Yankee Fork near
Challis in Idaho, attracted gold seekers.
- Samuel Bard, appointed governor
of Idaho.
- Gilman Marston, appointed governor
of Idaho.
- Edward J. Curtis, appointed acting
governor of Idaho (1870-1871).
1871
- Alexander H. Conner, appointed
governor of Idaho.
- Thomas Mead Bowen, appointed
governor of Idaho (1871-September 5, 1871).
- Edward J. Curtis, appointed second-term
acting governor of Idaho.
- Thomas Warren Bennett, appointed
governor of Idaho (1871-March 3, 1875).
1872
- Official boundery survey established
the Idaho-Utah border line.
- George H. Twithell, appointed
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1872-1873).
1873
-
Thomas E. Logan, appointed mayor of Boise in Ada County,
Idaho (1873-1875).
1875
- March 3, Edward J. Curtis, appointed
third-term acting governor of Idaho.
- David Preston Thompson, appointed
governor of Idaho (1875-1876).
- John Lemp, appointed mayor of
Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1875-1876).
1876
- Mason Brayman, appointed governor
of Idaho (1876-1878).
- Thomas E. Logan, appointed second-term
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1876-1878).
1877
-
Nez Perce native Americans driven out by the U.S. Army at
the Whitebird Battleground in Idaho.
1878
- Blackfoot founded, near the confluence
of the Blackfoot and Snake Rivers in Bingham County, Idaho.
Coordinates 43°11'N-112°20'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Craters of the Moon National
Monument.
- Fort Sherman established in Idaho,
now Coeur d'Alene area in Kootenai County.
- John P. Hoyt, appointed governor
of Idaho (1878-1880).
- Charles Himrod, appointed second-term
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1878-1879).
1879
- Arco town founded as Junction
in Butte County, Idaho. Coordinates 43°38'N-113°18'W.
Attractions
& Recreation : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
National Reactor Testing Station, Craters of the Moon
National Monument
- Cassia County established in
Idaho, seat Burley.
- Coeur d'Alene, founded as trading
post, in Kootenai County, Idaho. Coordinates 47°41'N-116°46'W.Attractions & Recreation : Coeur
d'Alene National Forest.
- Farmers were the first settlers
to arrive and stay in Blaine County, Idaho.
- Washington County established
in Idaho, seat Weiser.
- Cyrus Y. Jacobs, appointed mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1879-1880).
1880
- Idaho population, 32,610 residents.
- John B. Neil, appointed governor
of Idaho (1880-1883).
- Charles P. Bilderback, appointed
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1880-1881).
1881
- Custer County established in
Idaho, seat Challis.
- The Challis Messenger newspaper
started to serve Challis and Custer County in Idaho.
- James A. Pinney, appointed mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1881-1885).
1882
-
Gold discovered north of Wallace in Idaho, Coeur d'Alene
Silver Valley area.
1883
- Caldwell established as a construction
camp for the Oregon Short Line Railroad, located in Canyon
County, Idaho.
- Gold, lead and silver discovered
on Pritchard Creek in Idaho, near today's Coeur d'Alene
in Kootenai County.
- The first telephone system was
installed in Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho.
- John Nichol Irwin, appointed
governor of Idaho (1883-1884).
1884
- Murrayville founded in Idaho,
after the discovery of gold.
- William Malcolm Bunn, appointed
governor of Idaho (1884-July 9, 1885).
1885
-
Bingham County established in Idaho, seat Blackfoot.
- Shoshone County seat Pierce,
in Idaho, moved to Murray.
- Sol Hasbrouck, appointed mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho.
- James W. Huston, appointed mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1885-1887).
- July 9, David P.B. Pride, appointed
acting governor of Idaho.
- Edward A. Stevenson, appointed
governor of Idaho (1885-1889).
1886
-
Railroad arrived in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho.
1887
- Gutzon Borglum, born near Bear
Lake in Idaho. Sculptor who carved Mt. Rushmore National
Memorial in South Dakota.
- Coeur d'Alene incorporated as
village in Kootenai County, Idaho.
- Peter J. Pefley, appointed mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1887-1889).
1888
-
Latah County established in Idaho, seat Moscow.
1889
- Elmore County established in
Idaho, seat Mountain Home.
- The Paris Romanesque Mormon Tabernacle
built by pioneers, south of Montpelier in Idaho.
- George Laird Shoup, appointed
governor of Idaho (1889-December 19, 1890).
- James A. Pinney, appointed second-term
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1889-1893).
1890
- Idaho population, 88,548 residents.
- Caldwell incorporated in Canyon
County, Idaho. Coordinates 43°40'N-116°41'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Lake Lowell
- Shoshone County seat Murray,
in Idaho, moved to Osborn.
- Wallace destroyed by
a fire, a Idaho town listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.
- Fiddling contests held in Weiser,
a Idaho border city known for its National Oldtime Fiddlers'
Contest.
July
3, Idaho ID, 43rd state admitted
to the Union
Idaho
Today : with George Shoup as first state
governor. State motto ' Esto Perpetua' nickname 'Discover
Idaho', capital Boise. Area
83,574 sq.mi.(216.456km²) 14th largest state.Counties 44 :
Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine,
Boise, Bonner, Bonneville, Boundary, Butte, Camas, Canyon,
Caribou, Cassia, Clark, Clearwater, Custer, Elmore, Franklin,
Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Idaho, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai,
Latah, Lemhi, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Nez Perce,
Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power, Shoshone, Teton, Twin
Falls, Valley, Washington.Attractions &
Recreation : Agency Creek Campground, Albeni
Falls Dam & Lake Pend Oreille, American Falls Reservoir,
Anderson Ranch Reservoir Boat Ramps, Arrowrock Reservoir,
Balanced Rock, Bayhorse Campground, Bear Lake National
Wildlife Refuge, Birch Creeck Campground, Birds of Prey
Scenic Float, Black Canyon Reservoir, Blackfoot River,
Blowout Campground, Boise National Forest, Bonneville
Point Section of the Oregon Trail, Boulder White Clouds
Trailhead Campground, Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Recreation
Area, Caldron Linn, Caribou National Forest & Curlew
National Grassland, City of Rocks National Reserve, Clearwater
National Forest, Clearwater River Recreation Area, Coeur
d'Alene Lake, Cottonwood Recreation Site, Craters of the
Moon National Monument & Preserve, Cutthroat Troat
Campground, Deadwood Reservoir, Deer Flat National Wildlife
Refuge, Dike Lake Campground, Dworshak Dam & Reservoir,
Dworshak National Fish Hatchery, Eastfork Campground,
Eastern Idaho Visitor Information Center, Fish Creek Reservoir,
Garden Creek Campground, Goodenough Creek Camground, Gooding
City of Rocks, Grassy Lake, Great Rift Backcountry Area,
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Hagerman National
Fish Hatchery, Hawkins Reservoir Campground, Hell's Half
Acre Lava Flow, Herd Lake Campground, Herd Lake Overlook,
Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Island Park Reservoir,
Jimmy Smith Lake Trailhead, Kooskia National Fish Hatchery,
Lake Cascade, Lake Lowell, Lake Waha, Lake Walcott, Little
Wood River Reservoir, Lower Salmon River, Lucky Peak Lake,
Lucky Peak Rock Climbing Area, Mackay Reservoir Recreation
Sites, Magic Reservoir, Mann Creek Reservoir, Maple Grove
Campground, McClendon Spring Campground, McFarland Campground,
Minidoka Internment National Monument, Minidoka National
Wildlife Refuge, Montour Wildlife/Recreation Management
Area, Morgan Creek Campground, Morgans Bridge Campground,
Nez Perce National Forest, Nez Perce National Historical
Park, Oregon National Historic Trail, Owyhee Uplands Backcountry
Byway, Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area, Palisades
Reservoir, Payette National Forest, Payette River, Pipeline
Campground, Redpoint Campground, Reservoir A, Ririe Reservoir,
Sage Hen Flats Campground, Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir,
Salmon-Challis National Forests, Sawtooth National Forest
& Recreation Area, Shoup Bridge Campground, Smokey
Cubs Campground, Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation
Area, Soldiers Meadow Reservoir, St. Anthony Sand Dunes,
Steck Park, Targhee National Forest, Thief Valley Dam
& Reservoir, Thorn Creek Reservoir, Tower Rock Campground,
Trail Creek Bridge Campground, University of Idaho/Lionel
Hampton Center, Warm Springs Reservoir, Williams Lake
Campground.
- October 1, George Laird
Shoup, elected first governor of Idaho (1890-December
18, 1890).
- December 18, Norman
Bushnell Willey, elected governor of Idaho (1890-January
1, 1893).
1891
- Caldwell, appointed seat of Canyon
County, Idaho.
- College of Idaho, established
in Caldwell, Canyon County.
1892
- Canyon County established in
Idaho, seat Caldwell.
- Coeur d'Alene Riots - Violence
and fighting around the lead and silver mines due strikes
in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho.
- Wallace established in Idaho.
A silver mining town located near the Idaho Panhandle.
Attractions
& Recreation
: Coeur d'Alene
District Mining Museum, Northern Pacific Depot, Oasis
Bordello Museum, Sierra Silver Mine
- First pioneers arrived and established
the village of Marysville in Idaho.
1893
- Bannock County established in
Idaho, seat Pocatello.
- Bear Lake County established
in Idaho, seat Paris.
- Fremont County established in
Idaho, seat Saint Anthony.
- Shoshone County seat Osborn,
in Idaho, moved to Wallace.
- Peter Sonna, elected mayor of
Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1893-1895).
- January 1, William John McConnell,
elected third governor of Idaho (1893-January 4, 1897).
1894
-
Federal forces used to put down violent strikes of miners
in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho.
1895
- Blaine County established in
Idaho, seat Hailey.
- Lincoln County established in
Idaho, seat Shoshone.
- Walter E. Pierce, elected mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1895-1897).
1896
- Gem State Rural newspaper (The
Caxton Printers Ltd) founded by Albert E. Gipson in Caldwell,
Idaho.
- August 13, Butch Cassidy, robbed
the bank in Montpelier, Idaho.
1897
- Moses Alexander, elected mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1897-1899).
- January 4, Frank Steunenberg,
elected fourth governor of Idaho (1897-January 7, 1901).
1899
- For the third time, Federal forces
used to put down violent strikes of miners in Coeur d'Alene,
Kootenai County, Idaho.
- James H. Richards, elected mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1899-1901).
1900
-
Idaho population, 161,772 residents.
1901
- Moses Alexander, elected second-term
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1901-1903).
- January 7, Frank W. Hunt, elected
fifth governor of Idaho (1901-January 5, 1903).
1902
-
Burley founded in Cassia County, Idaho. Named for D.R. Burley,
location 42°32'N 113°48'W.
- 'Railroad Ranch' now
Harriman State Park in Idaho, purchased by several Oregon
Shortline Railroad magnets, a private retreat for wealthy
families e.g. Guggenheims and Harrimans.
1903
- Start of the Minidoka
Irrigation Project in Burley, Cassia County, Idaho.
- James Henry Hawley,
elected mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1903-1905).
- January 5, John Tracy
Morrison, elected governor of Idaho (1903-January 2, 1905).
1904
-
December 21, George Laird Shoup, died in Idaho. First governor
of Idaho.
1905
- Idaho State Capitol Building
in Boise, construction started.
- James A. Pinney, elected third-term
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1905-1907).
- December 30, Frank Steunenberg,
killed by a bomb and died in Caldwell, Idaho.
1906
- Burley incorporated
as village, Cassia County, Idaho.
- Coeur d'Alene, incorporated as
city in Kootenai County, Idaho.
- Ashton town founded
in Idaho.
- November 25, Frank W.
Hunt, died and buried in Boise, Idaho. Fifth governor
of Idaho.
1907
- Blackfoot incorporated, seat
of Bingham County in Idaho.
- Boise County established in Idaho,
seat Idaho City.
- Bonner County established in
Idaho, seat Sandpoint.
- Coeur d'Alene, appointed seat
of Kootenai County in Idaho.
- The Minnetonka Cave discovered
near Montpelier in Idaho. A half-mile (800m.) limestone
cave with stalactites and stalagmites.
- Twin Falls County established
in Idaho, seat Twin Falls.
- John Michiner Haines, elected
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1907-1909).
1909
- Joseph T. Pence, elected mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1909-1911).
- January 4, James Henry Brady,
elected governor of Idaho (1909-January 2, 1911).
1910
- Idaho population, 325,594 residents.
- The Cyrus Jacobs-Uberuaga historic
house in Boise, Idaho, used as a Basque boarding house.
1911
- Adams County established in Idaho,
seat Council.
- Bonneville County established
in Idaho, seat Idaho Falls.
- Clearwater County established
in Idaho, seat Orofino.
- Lewis County established in Idaho,
seat Nezperce.
- Harry Fritchman, elected mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1911-1912).
- January 2, James Henry Hawley,
elected governor of Idaho (1911-January 6, 1913).
1912
- Idaho State Capitol Building
in Boise, completed.
- Arthur Hodges, elected mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1912-1915).
1913
- Franklin County established in
Idaho, seat Preston.
- Gooding County established in
Idaho, seat Gooding.
- Jefferson County established
in Idaho, seat Rigby.
- Madison County established in
Idaho, seat Rexburg.
- Minidoka County established in
Idaho, seat Rupert.
- Power County established in Idaho,
seat American Falls.
- January 6, John Michner Haines,
elected governor of Idaho (1913-January 4, 1915).
1915
- Benewah County established in
Idaho, seat Saint Maries.
- Boundary County established in
Idaho, seat Bonners Ferry.
- Gem County established in Idaho,
seat Emmett.
- Teton County established in Idaho,
seat Driggs.
- Jeremiah W. Robinson, elected
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1915-1916).
- January 4, Moses Alexander, elected
governor of Idaho (1915-January 6, 1919).
1916
-
Samuel H. Hays, elected mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho
(1916-1919).
1917
- Butte County established in Idaho,
seat Arco.
- Camas County established in Idaho,
seat Fairfield.
- Payette County established in
Idaho, seat Payette.
- Valley County established in
Idaho, seat Cascade.
1918
- Caribou County established in
Idaho, seat Soda Springs.
- Burley incorporated
as city and established as seat of Cassia County, Idaho.
- Clarke County established
in Idaho, seat Dubois.
- Jerome County established
in Idaho, seat Jerome.
1919
- Movie 'Told in the Hills'
made on Priest Lake, in Bonner County, Idaho.
- Ernest G. Eagleson, elected mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho 1919-1921).
- January 6, David William Davis,
elected governor of Idaho (1919-January 1, 1923).
1920
-
Idaho population, 431,866 residents.
1921
-
Eugene B. Sherman, elected mayor of Boise in Ada County,
Idaho (1921-1925).
1923
-
January 3, Charles Calvin Moore, elected governor of Idaho
(1923-January 3, 1927).
1924
-
Construction started of the Boise Depot Station in Boise,
Idaho.
- Craters of the Moon National
Monument established in Arco, Idaho. A 618 sq.mi. (1.601km²)
lava field.
1925
- The Post Company history started
in Idaho Falls, when J. Robb Brady moved in from Kansas
and purchased the Idaho Daily Post newspaper.
- April, Ernst G. Eagleson, elected
second-term mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1925-April
1927).
1926
-
A fire destroyed 75% of Roosevelt Grove cedar forest near
Priest Lake in Bonner County, Idaho.
1927
- January 3, H. Clarence Baldridge,
elected governor of Idaho (1927-January 5, 1931).
- April, Herbert F. Lemp, elected
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1927-May 6, 1927).
- May, Walter F. Hansen, appointed
acting mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1927-April
1929).
1929
-
April, James Pickney Pope, elected mayor of Boise in Ada
County, Idaho (1929-February 13, 1933).
1930
-
Idaho population, 445,032 residents.
1931
- Historical Museum started
at the Monastery of St. Gertrude in Cottonwood, Idaho.
Housing over 12,000 artifacts reflecting the history of
the region.
- January 5, Charles Ben
Ross, elected governor of Idaho (1931-January 4, 1937).
1932
-
Boise State College founded in Boise, Ada County, Idaho.
1933
- Idaho's highest peak Mount Borah,
named for senator William E. Borah. The peak is located
in the Big Lost River valley near Mackay.
- February 13, Ross Cady, appointed
acting mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1933-May 1,
1933).
- May 1, J.J. McCue, elected mayor
of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1933-May 1, 1935).
1935
-
May 1, Byron E. Hyatt, elected mayor of Boise in Ada County,
Idaho (1935-November 11, 1936).
1936
- First resort for skiers in the
U.S., the Sun Valley Resort near Ketchum, installed in
Blaine County, Idaho.
- November 11, James L. Edlefsen,
appointed mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1936-April
1939).
1937
-
January 4, Barzilla Worth Clark, elected governor of Idaho
(1937-January 2, 1939).
1939
- North Idaho Junior College established
in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho.
- Movie 'Northwest Passage'
made in McCall, Idaho.
- January 2, Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen,
elected governor of Idaho (1939-January 5, 1941).
- April, James L. Straight, elected
mayor of Boise in Ada County, Idaho (1939-April 1941).
1940
- Idaho population,
524,873 residents.
50
YEARS AFTER IDAHO'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
ID
1840-1940
KOOTENAI
COUNTY Timeline 13
Topics
1850
-
Cataldo
Mission in Kootenai County, Idaho, constructed by Coeur
d'Alene native Americans, under supervision of Jesuit missionary
Father Ravalli.
1878
-
Fort Sherman established in Idaho, now Coeur d'Alene area
in Kootenai County.
1879
- Coeur d'Alene, founded as trading
post, in Kootenai County, Idaho. Coordinates 47°41'N-116°46'W.Attractions & Recreation : Coeur
d'Alene National Forest.
1882
-
Gold discovered north of Wallace in Idaho, Coeur d'Alene
Silver Valley area.
1883
-
Gold, lead and silver discovered on Pritchard Creek in Idaho,
near today's Coeur d'Alene in Kootenai County.
1886
-
Railroad arrived in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho.
1887
-
Coeur d'Alene incorporated as village in Kootenai County,
Idaho.
1892
-
Coeur d'Alene Riots - Violence and fighting around the lead
and silver mines due strikes in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
1894
-
Federal forces used to put down violent strikes of miners
in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho.
1899
-
For the third time, Federal forces used to put down violent
strikes of miners in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho.
1906
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Coeur d'Alene, incorporated as city in Kootenai County,
Idaho.
1907
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Coeur d'Alene, appointed seat of Kootenai County in Idaho.
1939
-
North Idaho Junior College established in Coeur d'Alene,
Kootenai County, Idaho.