The placer mines of the Boise Basin proved richer than those of the north, and the bulk of the population rapidly drifted southward. This shifting of population caused the removal of the State capital to its present location at Boise in 1864.
By an act of Congress creating the territories of Montana and Wyoming, Idaho was reduced to its present boundaries in 1868.
On July 3, 1890, Idaho passed from a territorial form of government to that of a state, being the forty-third State to join the great Federal Union. Since that time her growth and development have been continuous and rapid.
Mining, lumbering, manufacturing, and agricultural pursuits are the principal resources of the State.
FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
The Constitution of the State of Idaho, like those of the other states in the Union, is modeled after the Constitution of the United States. It contains:
A Preamble, setting forth the purposes of the Constitution.
A Declaration, called the Bill of Rights, containing twenty-one sections.