A friend and college roommate, Jeff, called the other day to report he was closing his medical practice in Southern California and retiring to Idaho Springs, Colo., an old mining town near Pike's Peak ... He wanted to know what the heck "Idaho" means ... "You're a lot closer to the answer than I am," I explained ... That's because the word "Idaho" was coined by supporters of creating Colorado Territory in 1860 ... The late Merle Wells, Idaho state historian, concluded the name didn't mean anything, though to this day the Idaho Springs Chamber of Commerce says "Idaho" was the name of an Arapahoe chief who discovered "healing springs" in what's now the north-central Colorado town of 2,000/Steve Crump, Twin Falls Times-News. More here.

Question: What would you like the name "Idaho" to mean?

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