Idaho:

The Idaho flag was formerly a military colors banner, and it features the official state seal. It was adopted in this form in 1927, and slightly revised in 1957.

Official name: Idaho
Capital: Boise
Statehood: July 3, 1890 the 43rd state
State nickname: The Gem State
Name for residents: Idahoans
State motto: Esto perpetua
(It endures forever)
Abbreviation: ID

Idaho's Historical Event's:

1805 The Lewis and Clark expedition crosses Idaho.
1809 David Thompson establishes Kullyspell House in northern Idaho, the first trading post in the Pacific Northwest.
1836 Henry H. Spalding establishes the first missions in Idaho near Lewiston.
1860 The discovery of gold in the Nez Percé country sets off Idaho's first gold rush.
1863 Idaho Territory is created (March 4). It includes nearly all of what are now the states of Montana and Wyoming.
1868 Idaho acquires its present boundaries with the creation of Wyoming Territory.
1877 A Nez Percé band led by Chief Joseph retreats through Idaho, fighting United States efforts to force them onto a reservation, but eventually surrenders.
1884 The Northern Pacific Railway actively promotes a gold rush in northern Idaho.
1890 Idaho enters the Union as the 43rd state (July 3).
1892 A strike in the mining region near Wallace produces Idaho's first major labor violence.
1902 The U.S. Congress passes the Reclamation Act, which becomes the stimulus for many Idaho irrigation projects.
1905 Frank Steunenberg, a former state governor, is assassinated.
1907 William D. Haywood, a famed union leader, is tried for conspiring in Steunenberg's assassination and is acquitted.
1910 A devastating fire destroys parts of northern Idaho.
1915 The Arrowrock Dam is completed on the Boise River.
1973 The Hells Canyon National Recreation area is created.
1992 Three people are killed in a confrontation between federal officials and white supremacist Randy Weaver on Ruby Ridge.