Sandpoint,
Idaho – Hotels and Motels
Lodging Reservation Guide
Idaho
Welcome to Idaho, a land of rugged beauty and millions of acres of wilderness.
With a landscape that ranges from subalpine to desert, granite mountains to fertile
farms, lakes and waterfalls to canyons and gorges, Idaho is a study in geographic
diversity. Hell's Canyon, at 7900 feet, is the deepest canyon in North America,
deeper even than the Grand Canyon. And the Shoshone Falls, on the Snake River,
are higher than Niagara Falls. Sandpoint. |
|
Sandpoint,
Idaho hotels guide.
Idaho
Idaho was first presented to Congress, by mining lobbyist George M. Willing, as
a name for a new territory around Pike's Peak. He told Congress that Idaho was
a Shoshone Indian word that meant "Gem of the Mountains." Indian names
were popular at the time and by the end of 1860, Congress was set to name the
Pike's Peak region Idaho. Just as Congress was about to bestow this name, it came
to their attention the Idaho was not an Indian name, but a name made up by Mr.
Willing. In reaction, Congress designated the territory Colorado instead of Idaho.
In the meantime, the word Idaho had come into common usage. One of the mining
towns in Colorado Territory had been named Idaho Springs. A Colorado steamboat
launched on June 9, 1860, for service between the Cascades and The Dalles, was
named "Idaho." Gold was found in Nez Perce country, and these discoveries
became known as the "Idaho Mines," perhaps after the steamboat used
in the gold rush up the Columbia River. Though Idaho had been discarded as a name
for the new territory, the name became well known from Washington D.C. to the
Pacific northwest. Sandpoint.
|
|
Advanced
Search |
