THE STATE OF IDAHO--Busting the Myth

Children are taught in school that the United States has fifty states.  It’s an accepted fact.  However, with a little research the conclusion may be that Idaho is a baseless myth.

Not counting me do YOU know anyone from Idaho?  According to the 2010 census there are 1,567,582 people in Idaho.  If there are so many Idahoers where are they?  Idaho is supposed to be TWICE the size of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts combined.  Isn’t it strange that a place claiming to be so big has so few people?

What about Idaho Potatoes?  Almost any supermarket in the United States has sacks of potatoes with the Idaho label.  People think they were “grown” in Idaho.  This is probably just the name of that variety potato like Bing Cherries, Jonathan Apples or Iceberg Lettuce.  

If you look at the United States on a satellite photo can you figure out where Idaho is supposed to be?   It’s impossible to locate the borders of this state without the help of an overlay of a map.  Even people who forecast weather pretty much ignore Idaho.  They will tell us about storms all around the region but seldom mention this bogus state.

Try to find an airline that flies into Idaho.  Delivery service and the U.S. Mail have addresses in Idaho but have you ever received anything from Idaho?

If you ask most people the location of Idaho they guess somewhere near Iowa or Ohio.  Even though I claim to be from Idaho I’M not even sure where it is. Ask me about the dimensions of the place; or to name more than one or two towns or rivers and I get kind of foggy about the facts.  

If I drive for a day to the east I’m supposed to be in Wyoming. 

All that is there are miles of dirt, brush, eighteen wheeler trucks 

and an occasional antelope.  

If I travel one or two days to the west 

I’ll see pretty much the same things until I go through some mountains

 to what is called the “Oregon Coast.” 

If I go southwest into “Nevada” it’s even worse plus there are no antelope.  

If I travel either north or south on Interstate Fifteen 

I’ll see more open range with only a scattering of cattle 

and a few pockets of civilization for hours and hours.

 So what is Idaho?  Nothing.  People have been brainwashed by the map-making community to believe Idaho exists.  All the so called “evidence” of the reality of Idaho is a mixture of falsifications, lies and exaggerations.  So if I seem a little confused about what is going on and where I am, most of the time just remember I’m living in my own private Idaho.