IDAHO
- Origin of name: An invented name of unknown meaning
- Capital: Boise
- Largest city: Boise
- Population: 1,595,728 (2012 est) Ranked 39th in the US
- Nicknames: Gem state; Spud government
- Highest point: Borah park, 12,662 ft
- Admission to union: July 3rd, 1890 (43rd)
- State motto: Let it be perpetual
- State song: Here we have Idaho
- State tree: White pine
- State flower: Syringa
- State bird: Mountain Bluebird
- Area: 83,570 sq mi. Ranked 14th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Elk River is the home of the Idaho Champion Western Red Cedar Tree, the largest tree in the state. Estimated to be over 3000 years old this giant is more than 18 feet in diameter and stands 177 feet tall.
2) The elevation of Cambridge is 2,650 feet above sea level with the surrounding mountains reaching elevations around 8000 feet and plummeting to around 1500 feet in Hells Canyon.
3) Hell's Canyon is the deepest gorge in America.
4) Seven Devils' Peaks, one of the highest mountain ranges in Idaho, Includes Heaven's Gate Lookout, where sightseers can look into four states.
5) American Falls is unique from most communities because the entire town was moved in the mid-1920s when the original American Falls Dam was constructed.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast, Damian from Winter Foxes has created and updates a list of cachers who has found 10 or more little bridges and can be found here, if you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan here and he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xx then name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to Damian’s list.