LEVIATHAN MINE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT REPORT GEM COUNTY, IDAHO
IDAHO The Gem State
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Transcript of IDAHO The Gem State
IDAHOThe Gem State
Pärnu Ühisgümnaasium, 11. March, 2011, PärnuSiim Morin, Karel Reisenbuk, Alex-Martin Aas
The shape of the state and the largest cities
• State flag
General Information
• Capital : Boise• Total area : 83,570 sq. Miles• Admission to Union : July 3, 1890 • Top 3 Industries: 1. Manufacturing 2. Agriculture 3. Tourism
General Information
Elevation•Highest point : Borah Peak 3,862 km•Lowest point : Snake River 217 m Religion•Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 23%•Evangelical Protestant 22%•Catholic 18%
Symbols
• Idaho state quarter (25 cents)Esto Perpetua "Let it be perpetual"
• Official state bird as of 1931Mountin Bluebird
Symbols
• Potato is considered as the vegetable of the state.
• Since 1990 the cutthroat trout is the official state fish
Weird outdated laws
• The residents of Boise may not fish from a giraffe’s back.
• You can’t ride a merry-go-round on Sundays.• In Pocatello, “It is prohibited for pedestrians
and motorists to display frowns, generally all of which reflect unfavorably upon the city’s reputation.”
Used sources
• Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho
• James Harrison, Eleanor Van Zandt, New York, Kingfisher Books, The Young Peoples Atlas of the United States, September 1996
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