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State Symbols
History | Symbols | Interesting Facts | Famous People
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State Bird: The Mountain Bluebird State Horse:
The Appaloosa State Fish: The
Cutthroat trout State Insect:
The Monarch Butterfly Flower: Syringa Tree: Western
White Pine State Song: "Here
We Have Idaho" State Gem: The
Idaho Star Garnet State Fossil: The
Hagerman Horse Fossil |
State Folk Dance: The square dance Motto: "Esto
Perpetua" (Let it be perpetual) Origin of State
Name: Originally
suggested for Colorado, the name "Idaho" was used for a
steamship which traveled the Columbia River. With the discovery of gold
on the Clearwater River in 1860, the diggings began to be called the
Idaho mines. "Idaho" is a coined or invented word, and is not
a derivation of an Indian phrase "E Dah Hoe (How)" supposedly
meaning "gem of the mountains." Nickname for
State: The
"Gem State" Nickname for residents: Idahoans |