Idaho : A Timeline
A look into our regional history reveals a type of ongoing cultural contact that has made the Pacific Northwest what it is: seasonal contact among First Nations groups, transnational migration from other parts of the US, European and Asian immigration. At many of these points, the seeds were sown for linguistic influence.
200 to 8,000 years ago: Archaic-Indian culture, with permanent houses (5,000 years ago) and bows and arrows and pottery (300 to 1,500 years ago) coming into use., to present.
1800 to 1840: Early historic Indian culture, with adaptation brought on by white contact, trade goods, and other fur-trade activities., isrepresented across the state.
1803: The United States purchases Louisiana Territory.
1805: Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark enter area that would become Idaho at Lemhi Pass.
1809: Kullyspell House, first non-native establishment in Northwest, is erected near Lake Pend Oreille.
1810: Fort Henry, first American fur post west of Rocky Mountains, established near St. Anthony.
1811: Astorian parties under Wilson Price Hunt explore portions of the future Oregon Trail in Idaho.
1836: Henry H. Spalding establishes a mission near Lapwai, where he prints the Northwest's first book, establishes Idaho's first school, develops Idaho's first irrigation system, and grows the state's first potatoes. Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding are the first white women to cross the continental divide (South Pass).
1843: First Oregon Trail wagons cross Idaho.
1849: Over 20,000 emigrants who join the gold rush come through southeastern Idaho on the California Trail. Heavy traffic continues on the trail for many years. U.S. Military post, Cantonment Loring, is established near Fort Hall.
1852: French Canadians discover gold on the Pend Oreille River.
Adapted from the Idaho State Historical Society web site.
Further information about the linguistic history of Utah will be available as the progresses.
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