‘Ee Dah How': Not the Origin of ‘Idaho'
This feature first ran July 10, 2014, in the Times-News and at Magicvalley.com . Generations of Idahoans grew up thinking the state's name came fro...
This feature first ran July 10, 2014, in the Times-News and at Magicvalley.com . Generations of Idahoans grew up thinking the state's name came from a Shoshoni word meaning 'The Sun Comes over the Mountains.' The 'Ee Dah How' fable continued for decades in fourth-grade Idaho History textbooks. Now textbooks 'introduce (the ‘Ee Dah How' story) as a tale, and then give the real fact for how our state was named,' said Lori Hinton, who taught fourth grade and Idaho History at Morningside Elementary School in Twin Falls.