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In August 1805, Meriweather Lewis and William Clark lead an expedition across Idaho.
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Built in 1809 on Lake Pend Orielle, was the Kullyspell House. It was built by David Thompson.
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Eliza Spalding and her husband Henry met the Nez Perce people and established a missionary at Lapwai.
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On April 20th 1860, the gold rush started. Lots of people raced to Idaho in search of gold.
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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890!
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In 1896, women gained the right to vote.
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The Big Burn was a wildfire that destroyed 3 million acres of land in Idaho.
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The Teton Dam collapsed in 1976. It flooded many homes nearby.
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Since 1990, Idaho's Latino population has doubled its size. Latinos started coming to Idaho at the very beginning of 1990.
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Barbara Morgan was the first teacher to complete a rocket ride into space.
