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When Lewiston served as the capital, Idaho Territory included modern Montana and practically all of Wyoming, an area much larger than Texas. Then in 1864, after Montana was established as a separate territory and most of Wyoming was attached to Dakota, the governor and legislature decided to locate the capital of Idaho in Boise, where it has been ever since.
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