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The Making of the Great West, 1512-1883

Note 1 — Group III. GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, AND WHAT IT LED TO.

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Idaho. Indian, said to signify "shining mountains," more fully interpreted by some to mean "gem of the mountains." Originally part of Oregon. The Territory contains the great falls of the Shoshone, or Snake, or Lewis River. Fremont's Peak is its great landmark on the east.

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