<P> Chinese in the mid-19th century came to America through San Francisco to work on the railroad and open businesses . They suffered discrimination due to the Anti-Chinese League in the 19th century which sought to limit the rights and opportunities of Chinese emigrants . Today Asians are third in population demographically after Whites and Hispanics . </P> <P> On March 4, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act creating Idaho Territory from portions of Washington Territory and Dakota Territory with its capital at Lewiston . The original Idaho Territory included most of the areas that later became the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, and had a population of under 17,000 . Idaho Territory assumed the boundaries of the modern state in 1868 and was admitted as a state in 1890 . </P> <P> When President Benjamin Harrison signed the law admitting Idaho as a U.S. state on July 3, 1890, the population was 88,548 . George L. Shoup became the state's first governor, but resigned after only a few weeks in office to take a seat in the United States Senate . </P> <P> During its first years of statehood, Idaho was plagued by labor unrest in the mining district of Coeur d'Alene . In 1892, miners called a strike which developed into a shooting war between union miners and company guards . Each side accused the other of starting the fight . The first shots were exchanged at the Frisco mine in Frisco, in the Burke - Canyon north and east of Wallace . The Frisco mine was blown up, and company guards were taken prisoner . The violence soon spilled over into the nearby community of Gem, where union miners attempted to locate a Pinkerton spy who had infiltrated their union and was passing information to the mine operators . But agent Charlie Siringo escaped by cutting a hole in the floor of his room . Strikers forced the Gem mine to close, then traveled west to the Bunker Hill mining complex near Wardner, and closed down that facility as well . Several had been killed in the Burke - Canyon fighting . The Idaho National Guard and federal troops were dispatched to the area, and union miners and sympathizers were thrown into bullpens . </P>

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