Date Admitted: | July 3, 1890 |
State Capital: | Boise |
Admission to U.S.: | Forty-third State |
Flag Adopted: | 1907 |
Area: | 83,574 square miles |
Highest Point: | Borah Peak - 12,662 feet (3,859 m) above sea level |
Lowest Point : | Snake River at Lewiston - 770 feet (235 m) above sea level |
State Motto: | "Let It Be Perpetual," or "May It Endure Forever" |
Nickname: | The Gem State |
State Song: | "Here We Have Idaho" |
State Flower: | Syringa |
State Tree: | Western White Pine |
State Bird: | Mountain Bluebird |
State Fish: | Cutthroat trout |
State Insect: | Monarch butterfly |
State Fossils: | Hagerman horse fossil |
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