Inventing Idaho : the Gem State's eccentric shape / Keith C. Petersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petersen, Keith C., 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Idaho--Boundaries--History.

Idaho.

Idaho--History, Local.

Physical Description:

x, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"As Idaho's State Historian, the question author Keith C. Petersen heard most was, "How did Idaho get such a strange shape?" In this book, he answers that popular inquiry, breaking the state's intriguing border story into six sections covering the fascinating events and people involved in creating the peculiar borders-boundaries that have held enormous influence on much of Idaho's political, economic, and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Rectangles on the Land

ch. Two 1819: The Southern Border: Nevada and Utah

Border Story: Franklin

ch. Three 1846: The Northern Border: Canada

Border Story: War

ch. Four 1859: The Southwestern Border: Oregon

Border Story: Greater Idaho

ch. Five 1863: The Northwestern Border: Washington

Border Story: Survey

ch. Six 1864: The Northeastern Border: Montana

Border Story: Big Hole

ch. Seven 1868: The Southeastern Border: Wyoming

Border Story: Lawless

ch. Eight Connections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index.

ISBN:

9780874224184

0874224187

OCLC:

1336408326