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