The Story of Idaho In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Idaho landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Gem State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Irrigation canals... smokejumpers... Mormons... iron horses... gold...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>fire towers... windmills... potatoes... trestle bridges... nuclear reactors...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the CCC... Art Deco stunners... kit houses...the golden age of motor-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ing... Finns... ghost towns... aviation... Oregon Trail... Freema- sons...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>metal storefronts... beehive kilns... Frank Lloyd Wright... drive-in mov-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ies... football... Carnegie libraries... brothels... The Big Burn... the Carey</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Act... timber... general stores... Basques... Hemingway. This book will</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>have you telling stories like a native in no time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make Idaho uniquely Idaho. What Idaho town hosts the oldest sled</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>dog race in America? Solved. Where is the only building still standing</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>that was robbed by Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch? A mystery no</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>more. Where is the world's largest man-made spirit animal? Identified.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What was the highest dam in the world in 1925? Revealed.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Idaho can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Gem State standing in plain sight on Idaho streets!</span></p><p></p>