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Idaho’s rich economy and landscapes rise from mining to tourism
The region has ancient Indigenous roots and was explored by Lewis and Clark in 1805. Missionaries and fur traders first settled it. Agriculture tops income, led by potatoes with sugar beets apples hay wheat peas and lentils. Livestock and lumber follow. Tourism thrives amid mountains lakes forests rivers and waterfalls. Hells Canyon part of the Snake River is the deepest in North America. Mining ranks fourth in income with silver leading, plus lead zinc copper phosphate rock and gold. A 1860s Gold Rush left enduring mining towns.
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