Idaho | State Facts, Information and History

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State Amphibian	Idaho giant salamander
State Bird	Mountain bluebird
State Dance	Square dance
State Fish	Cutthroat trout
State Flower	Syringa
State Fossil	Hagerman horse fossil
State Fruit	Huckleberry
State Gem	Idaho star garnet
State Horse	Appaloosa horse
State Insect	Monarch butterfly
State Motto	Esto perpetua (Let it be perpetual)
State Nickname	Gem State
State Raptor	Peregrine falcon
State Tree	Western white pine
State Vegetable	Potato

BCRI Career Training
Boise Bible College
Boise State University
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Career Beauty College – Rexburg
Carrington College-Boise
College of Southern Idaho
Cosmetology School of Arts and Sciences
Eastern Idaho Technical College
Headmasters School of Hair Design
Idaho State University
ITT Technical Institute-Boise
Lewis-Clark State College
Milan Institute-Boise
Mr Juans College of Hair Design
Mr Leons School of Hair Design-Lewiston
Mr Leons School of Hair Design-Moscow
New Saint Andrews College
Northwest Nazarene University
Paul Mitchell the School-Boise
Razzle Dazzle College Inc
The College of Idaho
The School of Hairstyling
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Boise
University of Idaho
University of Phoenix-Idaho Campus

Name	profession
Joe Albertson	Grocery chain founder
Cecil Andrus	Governor
T. H. Bell	Educator
Ezra Taft Benson	Secretary of Agriculture, pres. LDS church, marketing specialist
William E. Borah	Senator
Gutzon Borglum	Mt. Rushmore sculptor
Carol R. Brink	Author
Frank F. Church	Senator
Fred Dubois	Senator
Vardis Fisher	Novelist
Lawrence H. Gipson	Historian
Chief Joseph	Chief of the Nez Perce tribe
Harmon Killebrew	Baseball player
Ezra Pound	Poet
Sacagawea	Shoshonean guide
J. R. Simplot	Industrialist
Robert E. Smylie	Political leader
Henry Spalding	Missionary
Frank Steunenberg	Governor
Picabo Street	Skier
David Tompson	Founded first trading post
Lana Turner	Actress