Idaho - Idaho is a coined, or invented, word

A silk flag, blue field, five feet six inches fly, and four feet four inches on pike, bordered with gilt fringe two and one-half inches in width, with state seal of Idaho twenty-one inches in diameter, in colors, in the center of a blue field. The woman represents liberty, justice and equality. The man is a miner. The pictures on the shield represent the main industries of forestry, farming and mining. The cornucopias, or horn of plenty are symbols of abundance. The elks head represents wildlife. Esto perpetua (Let it be perpetual). The words "State of Idaho" are embroidered in with block letters, two inches in height on a red band three inches in width by twenty-nine inches in length, the band being in gold and placed about eight and one-half inches from the lower border of fringe and parallel with the same

Idaho Facts and Trivia

• 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. 
• In Idaho law forbids a citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.  
• Grangeville is located in north central Idaho. The community is considered the getaway to five wilderness areas and four national forests totaling 5 1/2 million acres. The total is second only to Alaska in designated wilderness area. 
• The Lewis & Clark Highway (United State Highway 12) is the shortest route from the midwest to the Pacific Coast and the longest highway within a national forest in the nation.  
• The Kamiah Valley is rich in the heritage and legends of the Nez Perce. It was here, among the ancestors of the present day Nez Perce, the Appaloosa horse was first bred, primarily for use as a war animal. 
• Hell's Canyon is the deepest gorge in America.  
• Shoshone Falls, The Niagara of the West, spills over a 212-foot drop near Twin Falls. 
• Kuna is known as the Gateway City to the Birds of Prey Natural Area. Birds of Prey Wildlife Area is home to the world's most dense population of nesting eagles, hawks, and falcons. 
• The Treasure Valley area around Nampa is known as Idaho's Banana Belt.  
• Sun Valley is recognized as the home of America's first destination ski resort. 
• Idaho ghost towns include Silver City, Yankee Fork, Gold Dredge, and the Sierra Silver Mine. 
• Sawtooth Mountain/Sawtooth National Recreational Area was named for its jagged profile. 
• Anderson Dam is known for its blue-ribbon fly-fishing. 
• Idaho's first territorial prison was opened in 1872. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was converted into a public facility after the last prisoners were removed in 1974. 
• Seven Devils' Peaks, one of the highest mountain ranges in Idaho, Includes Heaven's Gate Lookout, where sightseers can look into four states.