MargaretStateProject

Idaho Idaho is a very interesting state. Here are my favorite facts about it:
 * Idaho was first explored by Lewis and Clark.
 * Settlers came pouring in after that by way of the Oregon Trail.
 * Its oldest building standing, the Cataldo Mission, was built without nails!
 * Idaho was one of the first four states to let women vote.


 * Hells Canyon is the deepest gorge in North America, even deeper than the Grand Canyon. At one point, it plunges to 7,993 ft deep!
 * There are 42 "tenners", or mountains 10,000 ft or higher, the highest of wich is Borah Peak, at 12,668, the highest in the state.
 * Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho's largest lake, is 65 miles long and in some places 1,150 ft deep!
 * Rhode Island could fit in Idaho about 54 times


 * Idaho has about the same size population as Rhode Island.
 * Arco, Idaho was the first town in the world to be powered by atomic energy in 1955.
 * State bird: mountain bluebird
 * State flower: syringa
 * State tree: western white pine
 * State nickname: The Jem State
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">State phrase: Esto Perpetua (Let It Be Perpetual)
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">State capital: Boise
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Largest city: Boise
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Idaho's state seal is the only one to be designed by a woman, is featured on their flag.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">When most people think of Idaho, they think of potatoes, but agriculture is actualy a small percentage of Idaho's economy.

<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is the poster board that I made. .

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: center;">Any history facts are blue; <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"> landform facts are green; <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"> other categories are purple.

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