. Pacific states and territories. tiful and attractive houses. Alder Gulch, upon which the city is located, is one of the most famousmining camps in the world, having yielded not less than $75,000,000 in goldalone. White Sulphur Springs, the countv seat of Meagher County, is surroundedby a fine farming and grazing region, and is a flourishing business town. Itis a prominent resort for tourists, hunters, and invalids. The mineral springsand baths are very popular. Dillon, on the Utah and Northern Railroad, is an important and thrivingtown, having a good trade with the surrounding countrv. IDAHO
. Pacific states and territories. tiful and attractive houses. Alder Gulch, upon which the city is located, is one of the most famousmining camps in the world, having yielded not less than $75,000,000 in goldalone. White Sulphur Springs, the countv seat of Meagher County, is surroundedby a fine farming and grazing region, and is a flourishing business town. Itis a prominent resort for tourists, hunters, and invalids. The mineral springsand baths are very popular. Dillon, on the Utah and Northern Railroad, is an important and thrivingtown, having a good trade with the surrounding countrv. IDAHO. IDAHO. DESCRIPTION. [Area. square miles. Population (1880), 32,600.] I. SITUATION AND EXTENT. Idaho touches British Columbia on the north, and borders onsix states and territories. It lies between 42° and 49° northlatitude, and between 111° and 117° west longitude. In shape it is an irregular triangle,440 miles in length, with an average width of 200 miles,half as large as California. In area it is a little more than. II. SURFACE. Idaho is a mountain region. Its boundary-line on the north-east is one of the main ridges of the Rocky Mountains, knownin the northern part as the Bitter Root and Cceur dAlenemountains. Tliis range is nearly 500 miles in lengtli; and many of its summits reach a height of from 10,000 to feet. The Salmon River Mountains crossthe central part of the territory. Sev-eral of the peaks of this group arebetween 13,000 and 14,000 feet high. Valleys. — The largest valley is thatof the Snake River. There arenumerous small mountain valleysfrom 3,000 to 5,000 feet above thesea-level. Between the south-western spurs ofthe Salmon River Mountains andthe Snake River is a considerabletract of arid country called the lavadistrict of the Snake River. Thisregion is of volcanic origin, andabounds in and geysers. The extreme south-eastern part of theterritor)-, belonging to the GreatBasin, which over a largepart of Nevada and Utah
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