Idaho

Whether you eat your french fries with ketchup, cheese, chili, or just salt, you better put on your thinking cap quickly. The Spud-o-Nater is on the loose and is trying to gather up all the potatoes in the whole wide world. Hurry you have 45 minutes to solve the Idaho locks and save our meals with this tasty vegetable. 

Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890. It was the 43rd state. Residents are called Idahoans. 

Idaho is the 13th largest state. It’s been said if you flatten all the mountains in Idaho, the state would be the size of Texas.

Idaho's state seal is the only one in the U.S. designed by a woman. In 1890, Emma Edwards Green submitted the design for the State Seal competition and was awarded $100  for her design. The seal has  a miner, a woman, and various natural resources of Idaho.

Believe it or not! There are 7 states that have panhandles. A panhandle is a narrow strip of land projecting from the main territory of one state into another state. 

Idaho has a great panhandle.  Other states with a panhandle are:  Nebraska, West Virginia, Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma. And don't forget Alaska.

Idaho is famous for potatoes, producing about one-third of the potatoes grown in the United States. 

The first potato in America was planted in New Hampshire in 1719.

Henry Harmon Spalding brought the potato to Lapwai, Idaho, in 1836, to help the Nez Perce tribe grow their own food.

Just like every state, Idaho has an interesting state symbols.

The Monarch Butterfly was designated the official state insect of Idaho in 1992. Fourth-grade students at Boise's Cole Elementary School were instrumental in identifying this state symbol. You can't miss the orange wings of this butterfly.

And if you have a state vegetable, then you have to have a state fruit, which is the delectable wild huckleberry. Huckleberries usually are a deep purple.

The mountain bluebird was adopted as the state bird in 1931.

Probably the most recognized symbol is the potato which became the official state vegetable in 2002. The russet potato is the most well-known potato with its brown skin.

Syringa, the state flower is a branching shrub with clusters of white, fragrant flowers that bloom in late spring to early summer. 

In the USA 50 State Quarters Program, Idaho was the 43rd coin released. The quarter was released in  2007.  The coin highlights the Peregrine Falcon.

The dome of Idaho's State Capitol rises 208 feet into the Boise skyline.

Idaho has several interesting sites to visit


Hells Canyon is deeper than the Grand Canyon.


You can find the largest sand dune in Bruneau Dunes State Park.


The Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve is a dried lava flow. 


Borah Peak is the highest point in Idaho.