Excerpt from History of Idaho, Vol. 1: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests; Illustrated This history has been prepared with a view of preserving for the benefit and inspiration of future generations some of the facts and inci dents which are intimately associated with.the founding, perpetuity and magnificent growth of one of the younger commonwealths of our nation. It has been the ambition of the compilers of this work to make the information herein contained of equal interest to those who are now actively engaged in furthering the state 5 progress. The profound ignorance manifested by many people regarding the West as a whole is astonishing, and especially is this true regarding the growth of the state of Idaho. In traversing the state by rail, especially the southern portion, a most uninviting picture greets the eye nearly the entire distance; but this does not prove that the entire state is thus void of Nature's gifts or of developments which are little less than marvelous. These results have been attained through the untiring efforts of the early pioneers and by the application of skill and industry, coupled with a gen erous distribution of Nature's energy which has recently been harnessed and made to contribute to the growth and development of many enter prises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.