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Idaho Now 122 Years Young

According to the Idaho State Historical Society, Idaho officially joined the Union as the 43rd state on July 3, 1890. In those 122 years, the state has been home to innovators like Philo Farnsworth from Rigby, the “Father of Television”, Joe Albertson, who opened his first supermarket in Boise in 1939 and J.R. Simplot, who began dehydrating potatoes in Caldwell in 1941. It’s also been home to innovations, like the world’s first ski chair lift in Sun Valley in 1936, and the town first powered by nuclear fission, the city of Arco in 1951/ KTVB . More here.

Question: Have you lived most of your life in Idaho? If not, in which state have you lived most of your life?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog