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Topography: Idaho has an irregular shape. It is 485 miles in length north and south, on the western boundary, and 140 miles on the Wyoming border; forty-five miles wide in the north, and nearly 300 miles in the south; and contains, as now constituted, 84,800 square miles, or 54,272,000 acres, of which 47,739,368 are still unsurveyed.

The surface is an elevated table land, from 2,000 to 5,000 feet above the sea level, with many deep river valleys, and crossed by numerous mountain ranges or spurs of the Rocky and Bitter Root mountain chains. Many of the peaks are of considerable height, and rise above the snow line.

The most important are the Kootenay mountains, in the extreme north; the Coeur d'Alene range, south of these; the Salmon and Clearwater mountains along the rivers of the same names, and the successive ranges on the headwaters of the Snake river. In the southeast are the Bear River mountains, and in the south the Three Buttes.

Of the total area, about 4,480,000 acres are suitable for agriculture, and 5,000,000 for grazing. One-third of the entire area is sterile, and yields nothing but sage brush and a little buffalo grass, but it is believed that part of this section can be reclaimed by irrigation.

There are 8,000,000 acres of timber and as much of mineral land, while numerous lakes occupy an area of 200,000 acres. The lower slopes of the mountains are covered with extensive pine and cedar forests, and there is much timber in the north.

Wheat, oats, barley and rye flourish in the valleys, and wherever irrigation is possible, but the climate is not suited to corn. The Boisé valley, which is fifty-five miles in length by three in width, and sheltered by the Boisé mountains, is the chief agricultural region.

The Territory is drained by the Snake river and its tributaries; the Bruneau, Boisé, Weiser, Salmon, Clearwater, Payette and other smaller streams.

The Snake, or Shoshone river, rises in the Yellowstone Park, in Western Wyoming, describes an immense curve through Southern Idaho, and forms the western boundary of the Territory for about 200 miles, after which it turns west into Washington Territory, where it joins the Columbia. It is navigable for a considerable distance within and upon the borders of Idaho for light-draft vessels. The American and Shoshone Falls, and the rapids above the latter, are considered scarcely inferior to the falls of the Yellowstone, the Shoshone having a perpendicular descent of over 200 feet.

Climate: The winters on the mountains are severe, and much snow falls. On the plains the winter temperature is about the same as that of Wisconsin or Northern Iowa.

In the valleys the climate is milder, with much less snow, and the springs and summers are pleasant, and never oppressively hot.

There is considerable rainfall on the Bitter Root and Rocky mountains, but in the north and west and in the lower valleys the precipitation is much less, and irrigation is a pre-requisite to successful agriculture.

Mining: The first discovery of gold was made in Oro Fino creek, a tributary of the Clearwater river, in 1860, and the Boise and Owyhee mines have been worked since 1863.

The total production of the precious metals, up to the last report, is estimated at $90,000,000. Most of the gold is found in the quartz mines of Idaho, Boisé and Alturas counties, and there are placer diggings along the headwaters of the Salmon and Clearwater.

Silver is found near Ruby City and Silver City, in the Owyhee district, and some of the mines are very rich. Coal has been discovered within twenty-five miles of Boisé City.

History: Idaho, one of the Northwestern Territories, comprises a part of the Louisiana purchase of 1803. It was organized as a Territory March 3, 1863, out of portions of Nebraska, Dakota and Washington Territories.

At that time it included all Montana and nearly all of Wyoming, and had an area of 375,000 square miles. It received its present limits in 1868. Boisé City is the Territorial capital.

Population: Census of 1880: Males, 21,818; Females, 10,792; Native, 22,636; Foreign, 9,974; White, 29,013; Colored, 3,597, including 3,379 Chinese, and 165 Indians and Half-breeds.

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