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English
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Idaho's Season of Political Distress : An Unusual Path to Statehood
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Montana
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Autumn 1987
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37
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58-67
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Wells describes the different options suggested for the area now known as Idaho to become a state. Possibilities included merging with Nevada or being divided among other territories such as Oregon, Wyoming, or Montana. Idaho's difficulties were caused in part by her association with Mormon polygamy at a time of strong anti-Mormonism.