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Idaho Important Dates
Important Dates in Idaho History
1834 Fort Hall trading post was founded on the Snake River near the site of present-day Pocatello. During the 1840s and 1850s, it became a major way station for those who passed through Idaho over the Oregon Trail.
1848 Idaho became part of the Oregon Territory.
1859 Idaho became part of the Washington Territory.
1860 The Mormon community of Franklin in Cache Valley became the first permanent white settlement in Idaho.
1860 - 1863 Gold discoveries in the river valleys of northern Idaho attracted temporary settlement.
1860 - 1880's A series of Indian conflicts continued until the Indians were assigned to reservations.
1863 The Idaho Territory was created out of the Washington and Dakota Territories. In 1864, the Montana Territory was cut away from the Idaho Territory. In 1868, a small part of Idaho Territory was transferred to the new Wyoming Territory.
1880's Mining booms in the north and the coming of the railroads to the south brought new settlers.
1890 Idaho became a state.
1900 - 1910 Reclamation projects brought another wave of settlement to the former desert lands of southern Idaho.
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