George M. Willing
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George M. Willing was a wealthy industrialist and failed congressional candidate in the 1860s. He is sometimes credited with inventing the name "Idaho", falsely claiming that it was a Native American word. Thus, the naming of Idaho is likely the result of a hoax, although not all historians are in agreement on the matter.
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