HISTORY. The first white explorers of Idaho were Lewis and Clark in the first decade of the nineteenth century. A mission is reported to have been established at Cccur d'Ali:ne in 1842, but for many years after that the region was visited only by hunters and prospectors. It was organized as a Territory on March 3, 1863, but with an area more than three times as large as at present, since it included the whole of Mon• tang and nearly all of Wyoming. In May, 1864, a part was set off to Montana, and in 1868 Wyo• ming was organized. The discovery of gold in 1882 at Coeur d'Ali•ne in the northern part of the State was followed by a large immigration. In 1889 a new constitution was adopted. and the University of Idaho was established at Moscow. On .July 3, 1890, Idaho was admittpd to the Union. The presence of a large number of Mormons in the southern part of the State ex cited great alarm, and as early as 18S3 led to hostile action on the part of the Legisla ture. A law depriving professed polygamists of the right to vote was carried to the United States Supreme Court, and there sustained.
In 1893, however. the heads of the Mormon Church rejected polygamy as an essential element of their creed. the anti-Mormon restric tions were removed, and all single-wived Latter Day Saints were admitted to the ballot-box. From Nay to September, 1892, a miners' strike at Cceur d'Alt.ne was marked by a number of bloody conflicts between union and non-union workers. Federal troops were dispatched to the scene of disturbance, and military law was pro claimed. The strike failed. but dissatisfaction persisted among the mine workers. and in April. 1899, blazed out in renewed strikes and riots. Martial law was once more proclaimed. and near ly one thousand miners were seized and impris oned by the United States troops till the strike was crushed out.
In national elections Idaho was carried by the Democrats, or the Democrats and Populists in fu sion. in 1892, 1896, and 1900. The Governors since its orgInization asa Territory have been as follows: