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Total
77,587
161,772
325,594
In the above table, those counties for which no population is given were organ- ized after the census of 1910 was taken. It will be noticed that the total for the year 1890 in the second table does not agree with that given in the first table. To the total of 77,587 in the second table add 4,163 for the Indian population of the state, not enumerated by counties ; 2,629 for the population of Alturas County, which was taken to form Blaine County in 1895; and 4,169 for the population of Logan County, which was abolished by the Legislature of 1895.
PRINCIPAL CITIES
According to the census of 1910, Idaho then had twenty-five incorporated cities, only ten of which had a population of 3,000 or more, to wit :
Boise
17,358
Pocatello
9,110
Coeur d'Alene
7,29I
Lewiston
6,043
Twin Falls
5,258
Idaho Falls
4,827
Nampa
4,205
Moscow
3,670
Caldwell
3,543
Wallace
3,000
OFFICIAL ROSTER
Following is a list of the territorial and elective state officers from 1863 to 1918. Territorial officers were appointed by the President of the United States and the date following the names of the officials is the date of appointment. In the case of the state officers, the year following the name is that of the election to the office. A list of the Supreme Court justices is given in the chapter on the Bench and Bar, and that of the superintendents of public instruction is given in connection with the chapter on Educational Progress.
Territorial Governors-William H. WWallace, March 10, 1863; Caleb Lyon, February 26, 1864; David W. Ballard, April 10, 1866; Samuel Bard, March 30,
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1870; Gilman Marston, June 7, 1870; Alexander H. Conner, January 12, 1871 ; Thomas M. Bowen, April 19, 1871 ; Thomas W. Bennett, October 24, 1871 ; David P. Thompson, March 16, 1875; Mason Brayman, July 24, 1876; John P. Hoyt, August 7, 1878; John B. Neil, July 12, 1880; John R. Irwin, March 2, 1883; William M. Bunn, March 26, 1884; Edward A. Stevenson, September 29, 1885 ; George L. Shoup, April 1, 1889. Of these governors Bard, Marston, Conner and Hoyt never qualified, and Bowen remained in the territory only about one week.
State Governors-George L. Shoup, 1890; Norman B. Willey, 1891 ; William J. McConnell, 1892 (served two terms) ; Frank Steunenberg, 1896 (served two terms) ; Frank W. Hunt, 1900; John T. Morrison, 1902; Frank R. Gooding, 1904 (served two terms) ; James H. Brady, 1908; James H. Hawley, 1910; John M. Haines, 1912; Moses Alexander, 1914 (served two terms) ; D. W. Davis, 1918.
Lieutenant-Governors-Norman B. Willey, 1890 (became governor when George L. Shoup was elected to theUnited States Senate) ; Frank B. Willis, 1892; Frederick J. Mills, 1894 (resigned and Vincent Bierbower appointed for the unexpired term) ; George F. Moore, 1896; Joseph H. Hutchinson, 1898; Thomas F. Terrill, 1900; James M. Stevens, 1902 ; Burpee L. Steeves, 1904 ; Ezra A. Burrell, 1906; Lewis H. Sweetser, 1908 (served two terms) ; Herman H. Taylor, 1912 (served two terms) ; Ernest L. Parker, 1916; C. C. Moore, 1918.
Territorial Secretaries-William B. Daniels, March 10, 1863 ; C. De Witt Smith, July 4, 1864; H. C. Gilson, September 4, 1865; S. R. Howlett, July 26, 1866; Edward J. Curtis, May 4, 1869; R. A. Sidebotham, April 29, 1878; Theodore F. Singiser, December 22, 1880; Edward L. Curtis, March 3, 1883; D. P. B. Pride, July 2, 1884 ; Edward J. Curtis, February 12, 1885.
Secretaries of State-A. J. Pinkham, 1890; James F. Curtis, 1892; Isaac W. Garrett, 1894; George J. Lewis, 1896; M. A. Patrie, 1898; Charles J. Bassett, 1900 ; Wilmot H. Gibson, 1902 (served two terms) ; Robert Lansdon, 1906 (served two terms) ; Wilfred L. Gifford, 1910 (served two terms) ; George R. Barker, 1914; William T. Dougherty, 1916; Robert O. Jones, 1918.
Territorial Auditors-John M. Bacon, July 23, 1863; Benjamin F. Lambkin, September 23, 1863; H. B. Lane, January, 1864; William R. Bishop, May 14, 1867; Daniel Cram, January 1, 1868; Joseph Perrault, January 15, 1875; James L. Onderdonk, February 14, 1881; Silas .W. Moody, February 7, 1885; J. H. Wickersham, February II, 1887.
State Auditors-Silas W. Moody, 1890 ; Frank C. Ramsey, 1892 ; J. H. Ander- son, 1896; Bartlett Sinclair, 1898; E. W. Jones, 1900; Theodore Turner, 1902; Robert S. Bragaw, 1904; S. D. Taylor, 1908; Fred L. Huston, 1912; Clarence Van Deusen, 1916; Edward G. Gallet, 1918. Of the state auditors, Frank C. Ramsey, Robert S. Bragaw, S. D. Taylor and Fred L. Huston each served two terms.
Territorial Treasurers-Derrick S. Kenyon, September 7, 1863; Ephraim Smith, May 19, 1864; Edward C. Sterling, January 7, 1867; John S. Gray, Janu- ary 16, 1871; John Huntoon, February 16, 1872; Joseph Perrault, February 12, 1885; Charles Himrod, February 12, 1889.
State Treasurers-Frank R. Coffin, 1890; William C. Hill, 1892; Charles Bunting, 1894; George H. Storer, 1896; Lucius C. Rice, 1898; John J. Plummer, 1900; Henry N. Coffin, 1902 (served two terms) ; Charles A. Hastings, 1906 (served two terms) ; O. V. Allen, 1910 (reëlected in 1912, but was convicted of
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embezzling public funds and removed from office); Edward H. Dewey, appointed October 27, 1914; John :W. Eagleson, 1914 (reëlected in 1916 and again in 1918).
Attorneys-General-This office was created by the Thirteenth Territorial Legislature and D. P. B. Pride was appointed on February 7, 1885. He was succeeded by Richard Z. Johnson on February 5, 1887, and Mr. Johnson held the office until the state was admitted in 1890. Since then attorneys-general have been elected as follows: George H. Roberts, 1890; George M. Parsons, 1892; Robert McFarland, 1896; S. H. Hays, 1898; Frank Martin, 1900; John A. Bagley, 1902; John J. Guheen, 1904; Daniel C. McDougall, 1908; Joseph H. Peterson, 1912; T. A. Walters, 1916; Roy L. Black, 1918. Messrs. Parsons, Guheen, McDougall and Peterson each held. the office for two terms.
Delegates in Congress-William H. Wallace, 1863; Edward D. Holbrook, 1864; Jacob K. Shafer, 1868; Samuel A. Merritt, 1870; John Hailey, 1872; Stephen S. Fenn, 1874; George Ainslie, 1878; Theodore F. Singiser, 1882; John Hailey, 1884; Fred T. Dubois, 1886 (reelected in 1888 and served until the state was admitted).
Representatives in Congress-Willis Sweet, 1890; Edgar Wilson, 1894; James Gunn, 1896; Edgar Wilson, 1898; Thomas L. Glenn, 1900; Burton L. French, 1902; Thomas R. Hamer, 1908; Burton L. French, 1910; Burton L. French and Addison T. Smith, 1912; Addison T. Smith and Robert M. McCracken, 1914; Addison T. Smith and Burton L. French, 1916 (both reelected in 1918). Prior to 1912 Idaho had but one representative in Congress. Delegates and representa- tives are elected for two years, their terms beginning on the 4th of March fol- lowing the election. Where the dates show longer service than two years reëlections are indicated.
United States Senators-As each state has two senators, there are two lines of senatorial succession. The term of office is six years, beginning on the 4th of March. The first senators from Idaho were William J. McConnell and George L. Shoup, both elected in December, 1890. Senator McConnell served until March 4, 1891; Fred T. Dubois, 1891 to 1897; Henry Heitfeld, 1897 to 1903; Weldon B. Heyburn, 1903 until his death on October 17, 1912; Kirtland I. Perky, November 16, 1912, to February 6, 1913 ; James H. Brady, February 6, 1913, until his death on January 13, 1918; John F. Nugent, appointed on January 22, 1918, and elected at the general election of that year for the remainder of the term expiring on March 4, 1921.
In the other line of succession, George L. Shoup's first term expired on March 4, 1895, when he was elected for a full term of six years and served until March 4, 1901; Fred T. Dubois, 1901 to 1907; William E. Borah, 1907 to 1919; and elected at the general election in 1918 for the term expiring on March 4, 1925.
IDAHO'S PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
In 1892 Idaho, for the first time in her history, participated in the election of a President and Vice President of the United States. Since that time the vote of the state in presidential elections is shown in the following table. The abbrevia- tions following the names of the candidates indicate the party-R, republican; D, democratic ; Peo, people's party ; Pro, prohibition ; S, socialist ; Prog, progres- sive ; I, independence :
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1892-Weaver and Field (Peo) 10,520
Harrison and Reid (R) 8,599
Bidwell and Cranfill (Pro) 288
1896-Bryan and Sewall (D) 23,135
McKinley and Hobart (R) 6,314
Levering and Johnson (Pro) 172
1900-Bryan and Stevenson (D) . 29,414
McKinley and Roosevelt (R)
27,198
Barker and Donnelly (Peo) 2II
Woolley and Metcalf (Pro) 853
1904-Roosevelt and Fairbanks (R) 47,783
Parker and Davis (D) .
18,480
Watson and Tibbles (Peo) 352
1,013
Debs and Hanford (S)
1908-Taft and Sherman (R) 52,621 36,162
Bryan and Kern (D)
Chafin and Watkins (Pro) 1,986
Debs and Hanford (S) 6,600
Hisgen and Graves (I) 119
1912-Wilson and Marshall (D)
33,92I
Taft and Butler (R)
32,810
Roosevelt and Johnson (Prog)
25,527
Debs and Seidel (S)
11,960
Chafin and Watkins (Pro) 1,537
1916-Wilson and Marshall (D) 70,054
Hughes and Fairbanks (R) 55,368
Benson and Kirkpatrick (S) 8,036
Hanly and Landrith (Pro)
1,123
COUNTY STATISTICS
Although the principal facts regarding each county in the state are given in the chapters relating to county history, and the population since 1890 in the early part of this chapter, for the purpose of ready reference the following table has been compiled to show the date when each was created, the county seat and its altitude. The figures showing the altitudes are taken mainly from railroad surveys. In a few instances reliable figures could not be obtained and in these instances the altitude has been omitted :
County. When created.
County Seat.
Altitude.
Ada
Dec. 22, 1864
Boise
2,800
Adams
Mar. 3, 19II
Council
Bannock Mar. 6, 1893
Pocatello
4,466
Bear Lake Jan. 5, 1875
Paris
5,496
Benewah
Jan. 23, 1915
St. Maries
Bingham
Jan. 13, 1885
Blackfoot
4,508
Blaine
Mar. 5, 1895
Hailey
5,280
Boise
Feb. 4, 1864
Idaho City
4,200
Swallow and Carroll (Pro) 4,949
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County.
When created.
County Seat.
Altitude.
Bonner
Feb. 21, 1907
Sandpoint
Bonneville
Feb. 7, 19II
Idaho Falls
4,712
Boundary
Jan. 23, 1915
Bonners Ferry
Butte
Feb. 6, 1917
Arco
5,750
Camas
Feb. 6, 1917
Fairfield
4,870
Canyon
Mar. 7, 1891
Caldwell
2,367
Caribou
Feb. 11, 1919
Soda Springs
Cassia
Feb. 20, 1879
Burley
3,884
Clark
Feb. 1, 1919
Dubois
Clearwater
Feb. 27, 1911
Orofino
Custer
Jan. 8, 1881
Challis
5,700
Elmore
Feb. 7, 1889
Mountain Home
3,150
Franklin
Jan. 30, 1913
Preston
4,720
Fremont
Mar. 4, 1893
St. Anthony
5,300
Gem
Mar. 19, 1915
Emmett
Gooding
Jan. 28, 1913
Gooding
3,630
Idaho
Feb. 4, 1864
Grangeville
3,200
Jefferson
Feb. 18, 1913
Rigby
4,960
Jerome
Feb. 8, 1919
Jerome
Kootenai
Dec. 22, 1864
Coeur d'Alene
2,150
Latah
Dec. 22, 1864
Moscow
2,560
Lemhi
Jan. 9, 1869
Salmon
4,030
Lewis
Mar. 3, 1911
Nez Perce
Lincoln
Mar. 3, 1891
Shoshone
3,978
Madison
Feb. 18, 1913
Rexburg
5,100
Minidoka
Jan. 28, 1913
Rupert
4,200
Nez Perce
Feb. 4, 1864
Lewiston
667
Oneida
Jan. 22, 1864
Malad City
4,700
Owyhee
Dec. 31, 1863
Silver City
6,680
Payette
Feb. 28, 1917
Payette
2,236
Power
Jan. 30, 1913
American Falls
· 4,330
Shoshone
Feb. 4, 1864
Wallace
2,510
Teton
Jan. 26, 1915
Driggs
5,620
Twin Falls
Feb. 21, 1907
Twin Falls
3,492
Valley
Feb. 26, 1917
Cascade
3,492
Washington
Feb. 20, 1879
Weiser
2,128
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
The following days in each year are recognized by the laws of Idaho as holi- days: Sunday of each week; January 1, New Year's Day; February 22, Wash- ington's Birthday; Arbor Day, as proclaimed by the governor; June 15, Idaho Pioneer Day; Memorial or Decoration Day, May 30; July 4, Independence Day ; the first Monday in September, Labor Day; October 12, Columbus Day; Thanks- giving Day, as proclaimed by the President of the United States; December 25, Christmas Day; and general election days.
CHAPTER XLII CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY
CIVILIZED COUNTRIES THE PRODUCT OF EVOLUTION-IMPORTANCE OF DATES IN THE STUDY OF HISTORY-HOW ONE EVENT DEPENDS UPON ANOTHER-ILLUSTRATIONS -THE SUMMARY.
Every civilized country on the face of the globe is the product of evolution. In the process of development event follows event, welded together like the links of a great chain, each the effect of one that preceded it and the cause of one or more that follow after it. The importance of dates in the study of history cannot be overlooked. In the foregoing chapters a conscientious effort has been made to show the progress of Idaho along industrial, educational, financial, professional and religious lines, as well as the part the state has taken in the military affairs of the nation and its political history. As a fitting conclusion to this work, the following summary of events leading up to the settlement of Idaho, the organiza- tion of the territorial government and the admission of the state, with more recent events which have a bearing upon some phase of the state's history, has been compiled for ready reference.
At first glance many of these events may seem to have no connection with Idaho's career, or at least a very remote connection, yet each event is the natural and logical result of something that went before and wielded an influence on something that followed. To illustrate: The organization of the Hudson's Bay- Company in 1670, an organization chartered by the British Government, may appear out of place in a list of events affecting Idaho, but it was the first of the great fur trading companies, whose agents and employes carried back to the East information regarding the Indian tribes and the possibilities of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountain region, thus paving the way for all the trappers and traders who followed.
In like manner, the territory comprising the present State of Idaho was an unknown and unexplored country at the time the treaty of September 3, 1783, ending the Revolutionary war, was concluded. But that treaty fixed the western boundary of the United States at the Mississippi River, a fact which made possible the purchase of the Province of Louisiana twenty years later, thus extend- ing the territory of the United States to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. Idaho was not included in the purchase, but the expedition of Lewis and Clark,
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which followed as a result, passed through Idaho on the way to the mouth of the Columbia River and opened the way for the acquisition and settlement of the state, and the succeeding events.
THE SUMMARY
May 2, 1670-The Hudson's Bay Company, the first of the great fur trading corporations, chartered by the British Government.
September 3, 1783-Treaty ending the Revolutionary war and establishing the independence of the United States concluded.
December, 1783-The North-West Company organized as a competitor of the Hudson's Bay Company. This company established the first trading post (Kullyspell House) in what is now the State of Idaho.
May 11, 1792-Capt. Robert Gray entered the mouth of the Columbia River and named the stream after his ship.
April 30, 1803-Province of Louisiana purchased by the United States by the Treaty of Paris.
August 12, 1805-Lewis and Clark entered Idaho.
April 6, 1808-The American Fur Company was chartered by the State of New York.
August, 1808-The Missouri Fur Company organized in St. Louis.
September 10, 1809-David Thompson of the North-West Company began the construction of Kullyspell House on the east shore of Lake Pend d'Oreille. This was the first trading post in Idaho.
1810-In the fall of this year Andrew Henry built Fort Henry, near the present Village of Egin, Fremont County. This was the first trading post in Southern Idaho.
April 12, 1811-Astoria founded near the mouth of the Columbia River by representatives of the American Fur Company.
October 16, 1811-The Wilson Price Hunt party encamped at Caldron Linn (now the Town of Milner) on the way down the Snake River. This party was composed of the first white men to enter Southern Idaho this .far west.
1821-The Columbia Fur Company was organized.
March, 1822-The Rocky Mountain Fur Company was organized at St. Louis by Gen. W. H. Ashley and Andrew Henry.
July 18, 1832-Battle of Pierre's Hole (now Teton Basin) between white trappers and the Blackfeet Indians.
July, 1832-In the latter part of this month Capt. B. L. E. Bonneville took the first wagons through the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains. These wagons were brought into Idaho a few weeks later.
July 27, 1834-First religious services in Idaho were conducted at old Fort Hall by Rev. Jason Lee.
August 5, 1834-The United States flag was raised at Fort Hall for the first time in Idaho.
September, 1835-Rev. Samuel Parker, the first missionary in the Northwest, arrived at the Nez Perce Village on the Clearwater River.
November, 1836-The Lapwai Mission, the first in Idaho, was established by Rev. H. H. Spalding.
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November 15, 1837-Eliza Spalding, the first white child born in Idaho, was born at the Lapwai Mission.
May 16, 1839-The first printing press in Idaho was set up at the Lapwai Mission and used for printing books in the Nez Perce language.
May 20, 1843-The Oregon Provisional Government was organized at Sham- poig.
May 19, 1846-President Polk approved an act of Congress providing for a line of military posts along the Oregon Trail.
" June 15, 1846-A treaty was concluded at Washington, D. C., by which Great Britain relinquished all claims to the Oregon country. By this treaty Idaho became the territory of the United States.
July 15, 1847-The first company of Mormons arrived at Salt Lake. Mormon colonists from Salt Lake afterward made the first permanent settlement in Idaho.
November 29, 1847-Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife and thirteen other white persons killed by Cayuse Indians at the Waiilatpu Mission.
August 14, 1848-President Polk approved an act of Congress creating the Territory of Oregon.
March 3, 1853-Washington Territory created by act of Congress, including all the present State of Idaho.
June, 1854-A company of Mormons established a settlement in what is now Lemhi County, Idaho.
June 11, 1855-Treaty of Camp Stevens with the Nez Perce Indians, by which the tribe ceded to the United States a large tract of land, part of which lies within the limits of Idaho.
July 16, 1855-Treaty of Hellgate, Mont., with the Flathead, Kootenai and Upper Pend d'Oreille Indians, by which those tribes ceded to the United States lands in Montana and Idaho.
April 14, 1860-The first permanent settlement in Idaho was founded at Franklin by thirteen Mormon families from Salt Lake.
1860 -- In the spring of this year Capt. E. D. Pierce discovered gold on Oro Fino Creek, in what is now Clearwater County.
August, 1860-Massacre of the Otter party of immigrants by Indians near the present town of Hagerman, Gooding County.
1860-The first school in Idaho for white children was taught in the fall of this year at Franklin by Miss Hannah Cornish.
August 2, 1862-The first number of the Golden Age, Idaho's first newspaper, was issued at Lewiston.
January 29, 1863-Battle of Bear River (or Battle Creek) in which Bear Hunter's band of Bannock and Shoshone Indians was annihilated by General Connor.
March 1, 1863-Capt. Jeff Standifer's military company was organized at Placerville.
March 3, 1863-President Abraham Lincoln approved the act of Congress creating the Territory of Idaho.
March 10, 1863-President Lincoln appointed the first territorial officers for Idaho.
June 9, 1863-Treaty with the Nez Perce Indians at the council grounds in the Lapwai Valley, by which the tribe ceded additional lands to the United States.
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October 1, 1863-Treaty with the western bands of Shoshone Indians, by which they ceded to the United States a large tract of land, a considerable portion of which is within the present State of Idaho.
October 31, 1863-First election in Idaho for members of the Legislature and a delegate to Congress.
December 7, 1863-The first session of the Territorial Legislature was con- vened at Lewiston.
March 4, 1864-G. C. Lowry, David Renton (alias Howard), and James Romaine hanged at Lewiston for the murder of Lloyd Magruder.
May 22, 1864-Montana Territory cut off from Idaho.
August II, 1864-The first overland stage arrived at Boise.
1864-The first school at Florence was taught by Mrs. Statira E. Robinson.
December 7, 1864-Governor Lyon approved an act of the Legislature remov- ing the capital of the territory from Lewiston to Boise City.
December 12, 1864-Boise City incorporated by act of the Legislature.
January 15, 1867-The first Catholic mass in Boise was celebrated at the home of John A. O'Farrell.
January 22, 1867-President Andrew Johnson approved the bill appropriating $40,000 for a territorial penitentiary in Idaho.
June 14, 1867-The executive order of President Johnson establishing the Fort Hall Indian reservation was issued.
October 2, 1867-Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, missionary bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, arrived in Boise.
July 3, 1868 Treaty of Fort Bridger, by which the Shoshone Indians con- firmed the treaty of October 1, 1863.
September 24, 1868-Another treaty with the Shoshone Indians, by which the Fort Lemhi reservation was established.
July 30, 1869-Boundaries of the Fort Hall Indian reservation were defined by order of President Grant.
March 3, 1873-Congress granted John W. Young a charter to build a railroad from Salt Lake City to Montana. This railroad (the Utah & Northern) was the first in Idaho.
August 31, 1874-The first telegraph message ever received in Idaho was received at Silver City.
September 17, 1875-The first telegraph line to Boise was completed and opened for business.
March 31, 1877-The Duck Valley Indian reservation was established.
June 14, 1877-Beginning of the Nez Perce war.
June 17, 1877-Battle of the White Bird.
July 5, 1877-Battle of the Cottonwood.
July 11-12, 1877-Battle of the Clearwater.
October 5, 1877-Chief Joseph surrendered at Bear Paw Mountain in Northern Montana.
May 28, 1878-Beginning of the war with the Bannock Indians.
June 23, 1878-Battle of Silver Creek.
July 8, 1878-Indians defeated in the Blue Mountains. Last battle of the war.
August 20, 1879-Sheepeater Indians defeated at the battle of Loon Creek by white troops commanded by Lieutenant Farrow.
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September 1, 1879-The Sheepeater war was ended by the surrender of the Indians to Lieutenant Farrow in the Seven Devils region. This was the end of trouble with hostile Indians in Idaho.
July 17, 1881-Jim Bridger, noted scout and trapper died at his home near Kansas City, Mo.
February 7, 1883-The Oregon Short Line Railroad completed to Shoshone, now the county seat of Lincoln County.
September, 1883-The Oregon Short Line Railroad completed to Weiser, making a line across the entire State of Idaho.
May 4, 1886-Duck Valley Indian reservation enlarged by executive order of President Cleveland.
January, 1889-The University of Idaho established by act of the Legislature.
May 11, 1889-Gov. George L. Shoup issued his proclamation ordering an election for delegates to a constitutional convention.
July 4, 1889-The constitutional convention met at Boise and remained in session until the 6th of August.
November 5, 1889-The constitution ratified by the people by a vote of 12,398 to 1,773.
July 3, 1890-President Benjamin Harrison approved the act of Congress admitting Idaho into the Union as a state.
August 20, 1890-First republican state convention for the nomination of candidates for state offices held at Boise.
August 26, 1890-First democratic state convention met at Boise and nomi- nated candidates for the state offices.
October 1, 1890-First state election in Idaho.
December 8, 1890-First State Legislature convened at Boise and continued in session until March 14, 1891.
October 3, 1892-The University of Idaho opened for the reception of students.
May 23, 1894-The corner-stone of the main building of the Soldiers' Home laid, and the institution was opened in November following.
November 3, 1896-General election at which the constitutional amendment giving women the right of suffrage was adopted by a vote of 12,126 to 6,282.
October 4, 1897- Women served on a jury for the first time in Idaho.
February 15, 1898-The United States Battleship Maine blown up in Havana Harbor, with a loss of 266 men.
April 23, 1898-President Mckinley issued a proclamation calling for 125,000 volunteers for service in the war with Spain.
May 19, 1898-The First Idaho Regiment left for the Philippine Islands. It returned home in September, 1899.
April 29, 1899-The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine at Wardner, Shoshone County, blown up with dynamite by striking miners.
December 30, 1905-Ex-Gov. Frank Steunenberg assassinated by a bomb placed at the gate in front of his residence in Caldwell.
November 25, 1906-Ex-Gov. Frank W. Hunt died at Goldfield, Nev .; his remains were brought to Boise for burial.
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