Wandering Wednesday - Idaho

State: Idaho
Capital: Boise
Entered the Union: July 3, 1890 43rd state
Facts: Acquired by the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Law prohibits a citizen to give another citizen a box of chocolate that weighs more than 50 pounds. Hell's canyon is tone of the deepest gorges in North America – The canyont walls are as high as 7900 feet and the average depth is 5500 feet. Shoshone falls along the Snake river are known as the Niagara of the west with a 212 foot drop (higher than Niagara). Idaho's first permanent settlement was founded by Mormons the same year miners found gold. Idaho is the leading producer of potatoes in the nation. Farmers started planting potatoes here in 1860. In 1951 Arco, ID became the first town in the world electrified by nuclear power.
The city of Shelley has been the home to the annual spud day since 1927

I have no photos from my trip. It was the pre-digital age and either the film never survived or just got lost in the shuffle.