was formed, though "Montana" was nearly its name.

More than a decade after the name Idaho was first discussed for the eventual Colorado Territory, George M. Willing, a politician, claimed that he had been inspired by a little girl named Ida and that he coined the name in Washington at the time of the Congressional committee when he had been posing as an elected delegate to Congress.

The same year Congress created Colorado Territory, a county called Idaho County

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