Place details
Place nameIdaho
Other namesID
CountryUnited States
Latitude45
Longitude-115
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited by 8000 BC; Kutenai, Coeur d'Alene, Nez Percé, Paiute, Shoshoni & others were here when influx of settlers from E destroyed buffalo herds in 19th cen.; conflict with Britain over N border 1840s; received Confederate refugees after Civil War.