History of Idaho

Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1994. First Edition. 2 volumes. 555, 406. Octavos [24 cm] Green cloth with illustrated paper labels on the front boards. In matching slipcase. Books and slipcase near fine. This land of spectacular diversity and brilliant contrasts has occupied a strategic position in the interior Northwest. All direct lines of communication from the northern plains to Pacific Northwest ports cross Idaho. The Snake River Plain has furnished transportation routes for Pacific-bound travelers in a region filled with mountain barriers. Idaho has fostered cultural interchange between peoples of the Great Basin desert to the south and the forest and plateau inhabitants of the Columbia Basin to the north and west, between British fur traders from the north and the American trappers headquartered in St. Louis whom they confronted. Mormon farmers moving out of Utah into Idaho encountered non-Mormon miners and stockmen who were originally from Texas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Idaho has always had a cultural diversity rivaling the area's geographical differences. (Inventory #: 10012)