GLCEvent Discovery of the Rocky Mountains Yellowstone ParkCNotebDiscovery of the Rocky Mountains made by Pierre De la Verendrye, while in search of a western sea._http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1803-47.htm Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002.Lewis and Clark Expedition,y Lemhi PassCaptains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark discover Idaho at Lemhi Pass, and cross into north Idaho over the Lolo Trail August 12. Lewis and Clark sail past Spalding October 8, meet with Nez Perce Indians at Weippe Prairie. Clark travelled with a slave by the name of York.http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1803-47.htm and http://www.ibhm.org/History.htm Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002.Fur Trade BeginsN Bonners ferry6David Thompson commences fur trade near Bonners Ferry._http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1803-47.htm Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002.&Southern Boundary of Idaho EstablishedmTreaty between Spain and U.S. establishes the southern boundary of Idaho (Oregon Territory) at 42nd parallel._http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1803-47.htm Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002.!Oregon Trail Established in IdahocOregon Trail established in Idaho, which crossed the border near Montpelier, passed by Fort Hall, then westward south of the Snake River to the ford below Salmon Falls, then to Fort Boise, crossing the Snake River into Oregon._http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1803-47.htm Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002.Oregon Territory Established.!Began government March 3, 1849 http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1848-52.htm and http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/impdates.html Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002.Discovery of Gold;Pend Oreille RiverFrench Canadians discover gold on the Pend Oreille River. In 1860, gold is discovered in Orofin Creek and in 1862, gold deposits are found in the Salmon and Boise Rivers. Fortune hunters flock to the area, creating "boom towns". By 1863, the population explodes to 70,000 people.http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1848-52.htm Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002 and http://www.rootsweb.com/~idlemhi/history.htm Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002. Washington Territory Established/Idaho is divided between Washington and Oregon._http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1853-58.htm Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002.Idaho's Western Boundary Formed]eOregon's eastern boundary (Idaho's western boundary) established by Oregon constitutional convention._http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1853-58.htm Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002.Oregon Becomes a StateJOregon admitted as a state, all of Idaho included in Washington Territory.http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1859-62.htm and http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/impdates.html Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2002.Asian ImmigrantslGold discoveries in Idaho beginning in 1860 eventually attracted many Chinese, either as miners or as providers of support services such as laundries, restaurants, and stores. In later years, many worked on the railroads, either in the initial construction or on later track maintenance. Still others were doctors, interpreters, hotel keepers, or gardeners. By 1870 Idaho Territory had some 4,000 Chinese residents, about 28.5% of the total population. People of Japanese ancestry began coming to Idaho by the 1890s. They worked mainly on the railroads and in agriculture, although some ran restaurants and laundries. Uhttp://www.uidaho.edu/LS/AACC/signif.htm Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002. Beginning of the Potato IndustryFranklinIn 1860 Mormon pioneers from Salt Lake City moved northward to the present-day community of Franklin, just north of the Utah-Idaho border. The settlers lived in their wagons the first summer, and built ditches, roads and houses after the crops was planted. They harvested 33 bushels of potatoes that year and a few onions. Sixteen years later those farmers and their neighbors in Utah shipped more than 2.5 million pounds of potatoes to mining camps as far away as California. This wasn't, however, the absolute first attempt to graow potatoes in Idaho.Idaho's first potato grower was not a farmer at all, but a Presbyterian missionary named Henry Harmon Spalding. He established a mission near Lapwai in northern Idaho in 1836 to bring Christianity to the Nez Perce Indians, where he developed a 15-acre potato plot to help the Indians grow food for themselves so they wouldn't have to rely so heavily on hunting and gathering. The first crop was a failure but the second year the crop was quite gWhttp://www.idahopotatoes.org/potohist.html Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002.American Civiil WarlAhttp://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001First NewspaperLewiston5First newspaper published in Idaho is the Golden Age.`http://www2.state.id.us/gov/fyi/history/1859-62.htm Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002.Idaho Territory CreatedvIt includes all of Idaho, Montana, and parts of Wyoming. Its capital is Lewiston and its governor is William Wallace. In 1864 Montana is made into a separate territory. The capital of the Idaho Territory is moved to Boise.Yhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~idlemhi/history.htm Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002.End of the Nez Perce WarThe event in Idaho most symbolic of the end of Indian resistance occurred in 1877 when the U.S. Army defeated the Nez Perce Indians in the Nez Perce War. Chief Joseph decided that the survival of his people was better than probable annihilation and said at the treaty-making, "I will fight no more forever." The army scattered Nez Perce horses, a major source of wealth for the Nez Perce people. `http://www.pbs.org/idahoportrait/about/history.html Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002.Becomes a StateubIdaho enters the Union as the 43rd state. Population grows from 32,610 in 1880 to 88,548. http://www.rootsweb.com/~idlemhi/history.htm Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002 and http://www.50states.com/statehood.htm Taken from the Internet, July 16, 2001.Albertson College FoundedCaldwellfFounded as the College of Idaho and is the state's oldest four-year institution of higher learning. Shttp://www.50states.com/facts/idaho.htm Taken from the Internet, January 29, 2001.The Carey Act is Passed'|This will lead to over 200,000 acres of land in Idaho being irrigated by 1909, and tremendous help for farmers and ranchers.Yhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~idlemhi/history.htm Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002.6First African-American to Graduate University in IdahoIJJennie Hughes is the first Black to graduate from the University of Idaho.Lhttp://www.ibhm.org/History.htm Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002.#Cecil D. Andrus Elected as GovernordThe election of Cecil D. Andrus as governor of Idaho in 1970 could symbolize the end of the state's domination by the "extraction" industries. The big election issue that year was whether the ASARCO mining company would be permitted to develop a molybdenum mine in the White Cloud mountains of central Idaho. The incumbent governor had said, "The good Lord never intended us to lock up our resources." But Andrus felt that it made no sense to "destroy a beautiful area that was still pristine--just the way God created it--for a mineral that was in surplus worldwide." The people elected Andrus, effectively shutting ASARCO out of the White Clouds.`http://www.pbs.org/idahoportrait/about/history.html Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002.&First Africn-American Elected Officialh PocatellocLes Purce wins a seat on the Pocatello City Council, the first Black elected official in the state.Lhttp://www.ibhm.org/History.htm Taken from the Internet, February 14, 2002.