WHERE IT'S RUGGED, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

WHEN IT SOARS, IT'S A GIFT FOR THE WORLD.

WHETHER IT'S AS SIMPLE AS A SONG OR AS COMPLICATED AS A COMPUTER, IT'S ALL IDAHO.

JOIN US FOR A FEW OF IDAHO'S CONTRIBUTIONS.

THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IS ONE OF IDAHO'S GREATEST GIFTS TO THE WORLD.

HI, I'M PHYLLIS EDMUNDSON.

IDAHO HAS GIVEN A LOT TO THE WORLD.

MENTION THE WORD IDAHO TO PEOPLE AND GUESS WHAT THEY'LL SAY.

POTATOES.... A SURVEY TAKEN IN THE LATE 1980s SHOWED THAT IDAHO POTATOES WERE MORE FAMOUS THAN SUNKIST ORANGES OR CALIFORNIA RAISINS.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

IDAHOANS DIDN'T START RAISING LARGE AMOUNTS OF POTATOES UNTIL 1927.

AND BY 1957, IDAHO WAS THE LARGEST POTATO PRODUCER IN THE COUNTRY.

THIS MAN MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO IDAHO'S POTATO INDUSTRY.... JACK SIMPLOT.

HIS REAL SUCCESS CAME WITH DEHYDRATED POTATOES DURING WORLD WAR II.

Jack Simplot: "THEY SENT OUT COLONEL LOGAN.

AND HE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO WORK FOR THE ARMY.

YOU'RE GOING TO DRY VEGETABLES FOR THE ARMY.

AND I SAID I'LL DO THE BEST I KNOW HOW.

THAT GOT ME IN THE DEHYDRATION BUSINESS."

Phyllis: SIMPLOT'S POTATOES FED SOLDIERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

IDAHO POTATOES WERE FIRST RATE.

Commercial Spokesman: "65,000,000 YEARS IN THE MAKING AND WORTH THE WAIT."

Phyllis: SIMPLOT ALSO DEVELOPED FROZEN POTATO PRODUCTS.

AND BY 1990, HALF OF ALL OF MCDONALDS FRENCH FRIES WERE SIMPLOT'S.

YOU CAN FIND IDAHO'S POTATOES ON SOME LICENSE PLATES.

IDAHOANS HAVE HELPED SAVE SOME ANIMALS.

THE PEREGRINE FALCON ALMOST DIED OUT.

BUT NEAR BOISE, YOU CAN FIND THE WORLD CENTER FOR BIRDS OF PREY.

SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO SAVE THE PEREGRINES.

THESE BIRDS MAKE THEIR HOMES ON THE TOP OF TALL BUILDINGS AND THE BIRDS OF PREY NATURAL AREA.

SCIENTISTS ARE ALSO TRYING TO SAVE 35 OTHER SPECIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

IDAHO CAN CLAIM SAVING ANOTHER ANIMAL... THE APPALOOSA HORSE.

WHEN LEWIS AND CLARK CAME HERE, NATIVE AMERICANS WERE ALREADY RAISING APPALOOSAS AND OTHER BREEDS.

BUT LESS THAN 100 YEARS LATER, THE APPALOOSA HORSE WAS ALMOST LOST.

THE ARMY WANTED TO GET RID OF THEM BECAUSE THE NATIVE AMERICANS USED THEM.

BUT IN THE LATE 1930s, PEOPLE DECIDED TO SAVE THE HORSE.

THEY STARTED THE APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY IN MOSCOW.

GEORGE HATLEY WANTED TO HELP.

George Hatley: "BY HAVING THE FIRST NATIONAL SHOW IN 1948 AND BY GETTING THIS APPALOOSA NEWS OUT, THAT HELPED BRING IT BACK."

Phyllis: EDITH STANGER KEEPS APPALOOSAS.

Edith Stanger: "AN APPALOOSA HORSE IS A VERY UNIQUE ANIMAL.

THERE ARE NO TWO EXACTLY ALIKE, WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE LIKE THEM."

Phyllis: IDAHOANS CAN BE VERY PROUD OF SAVING ANIMALS LIKE THE APPALOOSA AND THE PEREGRINE FALCON.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP SAVE THE OTHER CREATURES THAT LIVE IN IDAHO?

IN 1911, SEVERAL WOMEN'S GROUPS ASKED CONGRESS TO SAVE THE SAWTOOTH AREA BECAUSE IT'S SO PRETTY.

61 YEARS LATER, CONGRESS DID.

THERE ARE LOTS OF PRETTY PLACES IN IDAHO.

PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WILL PAY MONEY TO VISIT.

IDAHOANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING.

ONE OF IDAHO'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS IS THE IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY.

SOME OF THE BEST ENERGY RESEARCH IN THE WORLD IS DONE THERE.

THE INEL IS LOCATED ON 890 SQUARE MILES BETWEEN IDAHO FALLS AND ARCO.

ON JULY 17, 1955, A NUCLEAR REACTOR AT THE INEL MADE ELECTRICITY FOR THE CITY OF ARCO... A WORLD'S FIRST.

RESEARCH LEARNED THERE IS SHARED WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

SCIENTISTS THERE ARE TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO CLEAN UP NUCLEAR WASTE.

IDAHO IS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ENGINEERING FIRMS.

IN 1912, HARRY MORRISON AND MORRIS KNUDSEN FORMED M.K.

NO CONSTRUCTION JOB WAS TOO BIG FOR M.K.

THE COMPANY BUILT HOOVER DAM, THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND THE ALASKA PIPELINE.

IN 1939, JOSEPH ALBERTSON OPENED HIS FIRST GROCERY STORE.

AND BY 1990, IT WAS THE SIXTH LARGEST CHAIN IN THE UNITED STATES.

WHEN HE STARTED, JOE ALBERTSON HAD A SECRET.

Joe Albertson: "WE MADE OUR OWN ICE CREAM.

I DIDN'T GO TO BED FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE WE OPENED THAT STORE.

WE HAD A BAKERY."

Phyllis: POTATO CHIPS MAY SEEM A LONG WAY FROM COMPUTER CHIPS BUT HERE THEY ARE ALMOST NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS.

MICRON IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING PRODUCERS OF COMPUTER CHIPS.

GETTING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM IN IDAHO.

SOME IDAHOANS HAVE FOUND NEW WAYS OF MAKING TRANSPORTATION BETTER.

THE PORT OF LEWISTON IS THE MOST INLAND PORT ON THE WEST COAST.

IT TAKES 50 HOURS FOR TUGBOATS TO GO FROM LEWISTON, IDAHO TO PORTLAND, OREGON.

THE BARGES CARRY LOTS OF THINGS TO SHIPS THAT TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WHY WOULD THAT BE IMPORTANT?

IDAHO IS FAMOUS FOR AN AIRLINE TOO.

THE FIRST PASSENGER AIRLINE IN THE UNITED STATES STARTED IN IDAHO.

IN APRIL OF 1926, WALTER VARNEY AND HIS PILOTS FLEW THE MAIL RUN.

VARNEY AIR BECAME UNITED AIRLINES.

SO UNITED CAN NOW CLAIM TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST PASSENGER AIRLINES IN THE COUNTRY.

PEOPLE WERE JUST BEGINNING TO FLY WHEN MUSIC WEEK STARTED.

MUSIC WEEK WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING MUSIC INTO EVERYONE'S LIVES.

EUGENE FARNER SPONSORED THE FIRST MUSIC WEEK.

HAZEL WESTON DESCRIBES WHAT MUSIC WEEK IS ALL ABOUT.

Hazel Weston: "THE MORE MUSIC YOU HEAR OR TRY TO MAKE YOURSELF, THE MORE INTERESTED YOU BECOME.

MUSIC WEEK WAS A WAY OF GETTING THE WHOLE TOWN'S INTEREST."

Phyllis: AND THE BEST PART, MUSIC WEEK IS FREE.

IT STARTED IN BOISE.

AND BY 1962, MORE THAN 250 AMERICAN CITIES CELEBRATED MUSIC WEEK.

ONE MUSIC IS TRULY AMERICAN.

AND IDAHO IS MAKING A BIG CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD OF JAZZ.

IN 1968, THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO HELD ITS FIRST JAZZ FESTIVAL.

NOW THE LIONEL HAMPTON/ CHEVRON JAZZ FESTIVAL BRINGS THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS TO MOSCOW EACH YEAR.

IDAHO HAS MADE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD.

CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE POTATOES OR SAVING ANIMALS LIKE THE BIRDS OF PREY AND THE APPALOOSA HORSE.

IDAHO HAS MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN BUSINESS.

AND IDAHO HAS BROUGHT MUSIC TO THE WORLD.

IDAHOANS HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN A LOT TO THE WORLD.

THE STATE HAS A RICH PAST AND A BRIGHT FUTURE.

AND SO DO YOU.

THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU MAKE TODAY WILL BE TOMORROW'S HISTORY.

SO GO OUT AND MAKE A LITTLE HISTORY.