Idaho is 43-rd state of the USA since 3rd July 1890. About the name of the state there is a beautiful legend, narrating that the word has occurred from the Indian phrase "E Dah Hoe" that ostensibly means "a mountain stone". Actually it is not so, Idaho is the artificial name (whom and when contrived -the history keeps silent).
The economy of the state is based on agriculture (cultivation of cattle, barley and potatoes), but the industry is developed enough too (extraction of silver and other minerals, chemical, food industry). Symbols of Idaho are a white pine and a mountain bluebird (a small songbird with a dark blue back). |