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More than 3,000,000 acres of timber in this area burned during an exceptionally dry summer in 1910. A gigantic fire storm on August 20 did unprecedented damage.
Skies in Montreal and London were blackened by its smoke, which interfered with Nort…
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After prospecting north of here from 1878 to 1882, A.J. Prichard showed a few fortune hunters where to find gold. More than a year later, a horde of miners rushed there to start Eagle City.
A permanent camp followed at Murray, Jan, 22, 1884. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1A_welcome-to-silver-valley_Mullan-ID.html
More than 1.2 billion ounces of silver have been mined in Idaho's Silver Valley the once hundreds of mines were actively worked. Today there are just a few active operations remaining. Below you is the impoundment that stores tailings from Hecla'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PYA_lead-silver-mines_Mullan-ID.html
In more than a century after rich lodes were discovered in 1884, this valley has become North and South America's largest producer of silver.
More than 5 billion dollars worth of lead, silver, and zinc—including more than a billion ounces…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PXE_willow-creek-slide_Mullan-ID.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEB_history-of-lookout-pass_Mullan-ID.html
Lookout Pass is one of the original U.S. Ski areas. The area was first utilized by local Scandinavians who hopped off Northern Pacific freight cars to enjoy a day of alpine skiing at the Pass. A rope tow was installed in 1936 through use of parts …