In 1959, the United States added two more states to the Union: Alaska and Hawaii, the non-contiguous states. Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, becoming the 49th state, and Hawaii joined on August 21, 1959, becoming the 50th state. No additional states have joined the United States since 1959.
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Utahns tried and tried—for almost 50 years—to win statehood. The Utah area became a part of the United States in 1848--but it took until 1896 for Utah to become a state.
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The United States won the Mexican War. In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico had to give what is now the American West (including Utah) to the United States. The leaders of the Mormon settlers began to plan a strategy to gain statehood.
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The Uniting States: The Story of Statehood for the Fifty United States, by Benjamin F. Shearer. 1200 pages. Publisher: Greenwood (June 30, 2004). Fifty-one essays and over 90 maps tell the story of how each of the 50 states in the Union became part of, and remained, one nation, indivisible, over a span of 172 years.
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THE STATE QUARTER: The third commemorative quarter-dollar coin released in 2007 honors Idaho, and is the 43rd coin in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program. Idaho, nicknamed the Gem State, was admitted into the Union on July 3, 1890, becoming our Nation's 43rd state.
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In 1889 alone, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington all became states. The 1890s saw the addition of Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah. In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii, and it became the Hawaii Territory. In 1912, Alaska became the organized Alaska Territory. Two states in the desert Southwest — Arizona and New Mexico — joined the Union in 1912.
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Hell's Canyon, at 7900 feet, is the deepest canyon in North America, deeper even than the Grand Canyon. And the Shoshone Falls, on the Snake River, are higher than Niagara Falls. The Idaho potato is known around the globe, and two thirds of all the processed potatoes produced in the United States are grown in Idaho.
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The coin bears the inscriptions Esto Perpetua (the State motto which means, May it be Forever), Idaho and 1890.. The Peregrine Falcon is one of the fastest birds in the world. Once on the endangered species list, it can now be found throughout Idaho and the United States because of conservation efforts.
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It would have included Utah, most of Nevada and Arizona, and parts of southern California, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Idaho. The Mormons also elected all-Mormon leaders for this “state,” with Brigham Young as governor. They sent Almon Babbitt to Washington D.C. as their state representative.
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Statehood for the 50 States. States are listed below in the order in which they joined the Union. The dates are their dates of statehood. Also provided are links to information about the official state quarters that have been released as part of the 50 State Quarters® Program of the United States Mint.
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when did idaho join the united states
Idaho join the united states in July 3, 1890. Idaho joined the United States on July 3, 1890.