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Inventing Idaho : the Gem State's eccentric shape /

"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 peop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petersen, Keith C., 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Idaho > Boundaries > History.
Idaho > History, Local.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.