Idaho State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Idaho Symbols, Idaho Emblems, and Idaho Mascots

Browse the state's symbols; state animal, state bird, state flower, state flag, state fossil, state insect, state motto, state seal, state tree, color, dance, fish, mammal, music, nut, reptile seal, and miscellaneous designations, emblems, and mascot of each state with pictures. Find origin of the state name. View the state almanacs, state timelines and peruse state facts and stats such as the capitol, location, and date admitted to the union.

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Idaho Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
Bird	Mountain Bluebird (Sialia arctcia) February 28, 1931
Fish	Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki) April 5, 1990
Flag	State Flag, March 12, 1907
Flower	Syringa (Philadelphus lewisii) 1931
Folk Dance	Square Dance, March 17, 1989
Fossil	Hagerman Horse Fossil (Equus simplicidens) originally described as (Plesippus shoshonensis) March 16, 1988
Fruit	Huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum) February 14, 2000
Gem	Star Garnet (Quartz) February 25, 1967
Horse	Appaloosa (Equus caballus) March 25, 1975
Insect	Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) March 31, 1992
Motto	"Esto Perpetua" (Let it be perpetual) March 14, 1891
Seal	Great Seal, March 14, 1891; 1957
Song	"Here We Have Idaho" March 11, 1931 Music by Sallie Hume Douglas, Verses by Albert J.Tompkins, Chorus by McKinley Helm
Tree	White Pine (Pinus Monticola pinaceae) February 13, 1935
Vegetable	Potato, July 01, 2002

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