Song Of Idaho. This four stanza song with chorus is from the A. E. Olsen and N. E. Ruddock papers (1905-1909) at the Idaho State Historical Society. The song is a tribute to the rich farmland around Nampa, made arable by irrigation from canals completed in the early 1900s. The first verse "was written by local men and was quite a hit fifty years ago.”  The rendition here is byNampa resident and lifelong Idahoan Lyle Sample.