I D A H O S T A T E C O N S T I T U T I O N
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
APPROVED JULY 3, 1890
ARTICLE XVII
STATE BOUNDARIES
SECTION
1. NAME AND BOUNDARIES OF STATE. The name of this state is
Idaho, and its boundaries are as follows: Beginning at a point in
the middle channel of the Snake river where the northern boundary
of Oregon intersects the same; then follow down the channel of
Snake river to a point opposite the mouth of the Kooskooskia or
Clearwater river; thence due north to the forty-ninth parallel of
latitude; thence east along that parallel to the thirty-ninth
degree of longitude west of Washington; thence south along that
degree of longitude to the crest of the Bitter Root mountains;
thence southward along the crest of the Bitter Root mountains
till its intersection with the Rocky mountains; thence southward
along the crest of the Rocky mountains to the thirty-fourth
degree of longitude west of Washington; thence south along that
degree of longitude to the forty-second degree of north latitude;
thence west along that parallel to the eastern boundary of the
state of Oregon; thence north along that boundary to the place of
beginning.
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