DID YOU KNOW

My first stop was Pocatello, Idaho. I must say it's God's country.

• There is no other town in the entire world named "Pocatello"?

• The Rathskeller Inn in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, claims to sell more beer than any tavern West of the Mississippi....

• Heavy snow storms hit the State of Idaho on July 4, 1902 during the Fourth holiday, there was 6 feet of snow on the ground.

• Myrtle P. Enking of Idaho was the first woman in the entire United States to become treasurer of the state.

• The state of Idaho has the oddest shape of any in the nation. It is 45 miles wide at the top-- and 310 miles wide at the bottom.

• One of the most famous dentist in the world was born in Idaho. Mr C. N. Skinner. He lectured all over the world on dinistry. He has another claim to fame, too. Years ago, Dr. Skinner was Richard Nixon personal dentist when Mr Nixon was practicing lawyer in Whittier, California.

• One of the largest mail routes in the United States is in Idaho. It serves 38 families along a 106-mile route in Salmon River Canyon area. The route is serviced every other day!

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  HOW DID ABE LINCOLN'S PRIVATE RAILROAD CAR WIND UP IN POCATELLO?

  Nobody seems to know. But it did! President Lincoln was a tall man. He had difficulty sleeping in the regular railroad sleeping car berths. So, while he was in the white house, he had a special railroad car made with an extra long sleeping berth. After his death, the railroad car was used as a special funeral train to take his body back to Illinois. The Lincoln rail car was eventually sold to the Union Pacific Railroad, than it became lost. After a long search, it was finally found in a roadhouse in Pocatello, Idaho, where it was being used as a construction car. Later it was displayed at the World's Fair in St. Louis. It ended up in Minnesota where it was destroyed in a grass fire in 1911.

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  ODD AND UNUSUAL FACTS ABOUT IDAHO!

  In 1915, according to a U.S survey, there were 15 women doctors in the state of Idaho, two women lawyers, one lady carpenter, and one female saloon keeper.

  E. H. Minsew, a resident of Pocatello, Idaho, fired the last shot in World War II...

  Idaho is larger than the states of New York; New Jersy, Massachusetts and New Hampshire - all combined!...

  In fact, the State of Idaho is larger than Great Britan - including England, Scotland, and Wales...

  The Salmon River in Idaho is the longest river in the United States that located entirely within borders of one state...

  The largest diamond ever found in the United States was found in the State of Idaho - it was found some 30 years ago around McCall, Idaho - and weighed a hefty 10 1/2 carats...

  There are no less than 72 differant varieties of presious and semi-presious stones of Idaho - thats why it's called "The Gem State"...

  The State of Idaho boasts the shortest river in the United States, perhaps the world - it's the Malad River. It's 3 1/2 miles long...

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