State Page: Idunno

Idunno

State Nickname(s)

The Potato State

State Motto

Esto perpetual (Eat your potatoes.)

State Capital

Boyzee

Admission

Jul 3, 1980 (334th)

State Bird

Mountainous Bluebard (Noisiest Azureus)

State Flower

Syringe

State Tree

Pine Box (U. Bury'em)

State Color(s)

starch

State Mineral/Rocks

Stargernet (lumpo gules)

State Slogan(s)

Holy Potatoes, Batman!

State Song(s)

Oh, Look - It's ... Idaho. Sigh.

Other Notable Symbols

Fish: Cut Your Throatrout

Fruit: Huckleberry Hound

Vegetable: Endive

Famous People

Ernest Hemingway killed himself in a cabin just outside Twin Peaks, Idaho. On some quiet nights, you can still hear the wailing of Bigfoot, as he mourns this loss to the field of literature.

Famous Landmarks

Twenty years ago hot lava hardened into the strange shapes at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, sponsored by Clearasil®. Today this barren hell-scape resembles the surface of a teen-ager's face.

Interesting Facts

The world's largest potato explosion was in Blackfoot, Idaho. Oh - and we're still not entirely sure who really killed Laura Palmer.