Idaho's official flag was adopted in 1907. The flag is deep blue
with the state seal in the center surrounded by a yellow band. The seal pictures
a man (a miner carrying a pick and wielding a shovel) and a woman (carrying the
scales of justice, symbolizing liberty and justice), the motto "ESTO PERPETUA"
(meaning "May it endure forever"), two full, yellow cornucopias, an elk head
atop a shield (picturing a river, settlers, a fir tree, and mountainous land), a
sheaf of grain, green grass, and a blue sky. The flag is surrounded by a yellow
fringe on three sides. The state seal was designed by Emma Edwards Green.
Idaho was the 43th state in the USA; it became a state in 1890.
