Willow Creek Slide

Willow Creek Slide (HM1PXE)

Location: Mullan, ID 83846 Shoshone County
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Country: United States of America
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N 47° 27.633', W 115° 44.14'

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A spectacular avalanche, Feb. 10, 1903, swept away part of a trestle—300 feet high—that let Northern Pacific Railway trains descend from this pass since 1890.

An engine that plunged 80 feet was buried in 30 feet of snow; a passenger car dangled over open space; and a caboose with 8 people dropped into a deep snowbank. Miraculously, everyone aboard survived that terror-stricken trip. But a new, less hazardous route replaced that trestle route.
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HM NumberHM1PXE
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Marker Number373
Placed ByIdaho Transportation Department. Text prepared by the Idaho Historical Society
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Date Added Friday, December 11th, 2015 at 5:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 595291 N 5257120
Decimal Degrees47.46055000, -115.73566667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 27.633', W 115° 44.14'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 27' 37.98" N, 115° 44' 8.4" W
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Area Code(s)208
Closest Postal AddressAt or near I-90, Mullan ID 83846, US
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