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State of Idaho
State of Idaho Timeline from the Idaho Blue Book
Question | Answer |
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When Idaho became a state, which President signed it into law? | President Benjamin Harrison |
When was the first meeting of the Idaho Legislature? | 1890- the year Idaho became a state |
When were laws made concerning public water and irrigation? | 1895 |
In 1899, Governor Steunenberg called in federal troops to help suppress riots in what city? | Coeur d'Alene |
Why were there riots in Coeur d'Alene in 1899? | There was dynamiting in the mining district |
In 1906, the largest sawmill in the United States was started where? | Potlatch |
In 1936, the World's first ski chair lifts opened where? | Sun Valley |
Who was Idaho's first presidential candidate? | William E. Borah |
When was highway 95 finished paving? It was a north-south highway. | 1938 |
What is the name of the military air base south of Boise? | Gowen Field |
Where is the J.R. Simply food dehydrator operation? | Caldwell |
Where was the site of the world's first use of nuclear fission to produce electricity? | National Reactor Testing Station |
When did television come to Idaho? | 1953 |
What was the first city to get television in Idaho? | Boise |
Governor Cecil D. Andrus resigns as governor to come _____________ | Secretary of the Interior |
The Idaho Statesman newspaper did an investigation in 1979 and found that ____________ had been injected into the Snake River aquifer | plutonium |
Who was NASA's teacher in Space from Idaho? | Barbara Morgan of McCall, Idaho |
When did Governor Cecil Andrus begin a temporary ban on shipments of nuclear waste into Idaho? | 1988 |
In 1990, Idaho celebrated it's _______________ | Centennial |
In 1998, Picabo Street won a gold medal in ____________ | giant slalom (skiing) |
Who was the olympic gold medalist from Idaho in giant slalom? | Picabo Street |
How long was the longest legislative session in Idaho history? | 118 days |
Who was the first Idaho Governor to sue the federal government over health care reform? | Governor Otter |
What animal was re-listed on the endangered species list in 2010? | wolves |
What ski resort closed in 2009 because it couldn't make enough money? | Tamarack |
What president visited Boise in 2009? | Barack Obama |
What football game did the BSU broncos win after a perfect season in 2006? | The Fiesta Bowl |
President Bush nominated which governor to become Secretary of the Interior? | Governor Dirk Kempthorne |