Capitol of Light: Moving a Capital City | Idaho Experience

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Lewiston Boise capitol capital population Idaho Experience Idaho history Idaho Territory Idaho settlement state capitol state capital Capitol Building Idaho State Capitol John Tourtellotte Charles Hummel capitol architects William Wallace Governor Wallace Caleb Lyon Governor Lyon Clinton DeWitt Smith Territorial Secretary Gold Rush Idaho Gold Rush mining mining towns Boise Basin Carey Act irrigation water rights riparian rights Idaho population Idaho demographics population shifts internal migration migration settlement patterns
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History-Social Science The Arts
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Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
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Capitol of Light: Moving a Capital City | Idaho Experience

Can you move a capital city? Explore the colorful story of how the Idaho Territorial capital was “moved” from Lewiston in the north to Boise in the south in 1864. Chart the changes in Idaho’s population over the decades.

Students will create a population chart and show justification for the move of the capital from Lewiston to Boise.
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