Considerations more political than practical left Idaho strange in shape--like a pregnant capital L, as one observer said. With the state's southeastern residents oriented toward Salt Lake City, Utah, and residents of the Idaho panhandle oriented toward Spokane, Washington, often it has seemed that only the capital at Boise and the Snake River system have held the state together. More than half of Idaho is owned by an outsider--the federal government--and...
Related Subjects
History