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x, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
"As Idaho's State Historian, the question author Keith C. Petersen heard most was, "How did Idaho get such a strange shape?" In this book, he answers that popular inquiry, breaking the state's intriguing border story into six sections covering the fascinating events and people involved in creating the peculiar borders-boundaries that have held enormous influence on much of Idaho's political, economic, and cultural history"--
Student Special -- Rectangles on the Land -- 1819: The Southern Border: Nevada and Utah -- Border Story: Franklin -- 1846: The Northern Border: Canada -- Border Story: War -- 1859: The Southwestern Border: Oregon -- Border Story: Greater Idaho -- 1863: The Northwestern Border: Washington -- Border Story: Survey -- 1864: The Northeastern Border: Montana -- Border Story: Big Hole -- 1868: The Southeastern Border: Wyoming -- Border Story: Lawless -- Connections -- Epilogue: Walking Idaho's Borders.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index.