Facts about Idaho

Soda Springs is the largest man-made geyser in the world. 
 

The Cataldo mission is the oldest building in the state. 
 

The entire town of American Falls was moved in the 1920s when the original American Falls Dam was constructed. 
 

Bruneau Dunes State Park has the tallest single structured sand dune in North America. 
 

Shoshone Falls spills over a 212-foot drop near Twin Falls. 
 

Seven Devils’ Peaks has Heaven’s Gate Lookout where you can see into four states. 
 

Idaho, especially the city of Grace, is most famous for their certified seed potatoes. 
 

Treasure Valley, around Nampa, is known as Idaho’s Banana Belt. 
 

Idaho is the leading producer of potatoes in the nation, accounting for nearly one-third of the national production.
 

The town of Arco became the first community in the world electrified by nuclear power, when a local plant began production in 1951.
 

Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in the United States, has a maximum depth of 2400 m (about 7900 ft).
 

In 1877 Native Americans of the Nez Percé tribe, led by Chief Joseph, fought off federal forces for months in parts of Idaho before surrendering near  the Canadian border.