1840 IDAHO 1940

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

- 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

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).

- Idaho population, 524,873 residents.

50 YEARS AFTER IDAHO'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

1850

- Cataldo Mission in Kootenai County, Idaho, constructed by Coeur d'Alene native Americans, under supervision of Jesuit missionary Father Ravalli.

1878

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

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

- Coeur d'Alene, incorporated as city in Kootenai County, Idaho.

1907

- Coeur d'Alene, appointed seat of Kootenai County in Idaho.

1939