What’s in a Name
How Idaho got its name…
The Idaho State Historical Society released a publication that tells how Idaho got its name and it is kind of interesting.
At first Colorado was going to take the name Idaho but when they found out that it was not an Indian word they chose to stick with Colorado. Time passed and in 1860 gold was discovered in north central Idaho. Soon the mines were called the Idaho mines, named after the steamboat that brought thousands of miners to the new gold camps. In 1863 when the country was made into a territory congress chose to name it “Idaho.”
Them main point of the article is that “Idaho” is not an Indian word as many believe. It is a made up word that is supposed to mean “gem of the mountains.”
