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Idaho
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A western lobbyist, George M. Willing, first suggested the name "Idaho" for the would-be state saying that it was a Shoshone Indian word meaning "gem of the mountains." However, when Willing later admitted he had made the word up as a practical joke, the U.S. Senate gave the area the name "Colorado Territory." There was only one problem: People liked the name Idaho, and by the time voting for a name arose again in 1863, "Idaho' prevailed and the name was firmly in place when Idaho gained statehood in 1890.
Idaho is famous for its potatoes and with good reason - the state produces nearly a third of all the potatoes grown in America. The state's other important industries include lumber and wood products, machinery, chemical products, silver mining, and tourism. Idaho boasts of the world's largest barrel cheese factory. Barrel cheese is the raw product necessary in the production of processed cheese, and the factory in Gooding, Idaho cranks out 120,000 metric tons of it per year. Idaho is an important part of America's science and technology future with Boise emerging as a center for semiconductor manufacturing.
Idaho is famous for its potatoes and with good reason - the state produces nearly a third of all the potatoes grown in America. The state's other important industries include lumber and wood products, machinery, chemical products, silver mining, and tourism. Idaho boasts of the world's largest barrel cheese factory. Barrel cheese is the raw product necessary in the production of processed cheese, and the factory in Gooding, Idaho cranks out 120,000 metric tons of it per year. Idaho is an important part of America's science and technology future with Boise emerging as a center for semiconductor manufacturing.
Incidents
Fatal Truck Accidents: 38 per year
Non-Fatal Truck Accidents: 646 per year
Accident Locales: 20%(Rural), 80%(Urban)
Carrier Fact: 48% of Idaho's truck accidents involve carriers whose principle place of business is not Idaho.
In 92% of Idaho's truck accidents, weather conditions were NOT a factor.
Roads
Interstate 15: Stretching 1,435 miles from Montana to California, I-15 spends 195 miles in Idaho, intersecting I-86 in Pocatello.
Interstate 84: 275 miles of I-84 are contained within Idaho where its spur route, I-184, connects with Boise.
Interstate 86: I-86 is a short-but-important 63-mile highway connecting the cities of Heyburn and Pocatello.
Interstate 90: America's longest east-west highway, I-90 spans the distance from Seattle to Boston. 73 of its miles pass though the Idaho cities of C'ouer d'Alene, Kellogg and Wallace.
Counties
Ada -- Adams -- Bannock -- Bear Lake - Benewah -- Bingham -- Blaine - Boise -- Bonner -- Bonneville -- Boundary -- Butte - Camas -- Canyon - Caribou -- Cassia -- Clark -- Clearwater -- Custer -- Elmore - Franklin - Fremont -- Gem -- Idaho -- Jefferson -- Jerome -- Kootenai -- Latah -- Lewis - Madison -- Minidoka -- Nez Perce -- Owyhee -- Payette -- Power -- Teton - Teton -- Twin Falls -- Washington