A small, modern, private hospital, located in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, right across the Texas border. 50% of the patients come from the United States, due to the proximity to the Texas border, and to the easy access by car and by air. 1  View profile.
With the Democratic Mormon vote disarmed, Idaho became a Republican-dominated territory. National Republicans eager to increase their influence in the U.S. Congress began to push for Idaho statehood in 1888. The following year, the Idaho territorial legislature approved a strongly anti-Mormon constitution. The U.S. Congress approved the document on this day in 1890, and Idaho became the 43rd state in the Union.
1805 - Lewis and Clark travel through Idaho on their way to the Pacific Ocean. 1810 - Fur trader Andrew Henry builds Fort Henry on the Snake River. 1836 - Missionaries Henry and Eliza Spalding set up a mission in Lapwai. 1840s - Settlers begin traveling on the Oregon Trail through Idaho. 1846 - Idaho becomes part of the United States through the Oregon Treaty.