Burke

Burke (HM2B20)

Location: Wallace, ID 83873 Shoshone County
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Country: United States of America
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N 47° 31.11', W 115° 49.506'

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Lead-silver discoveries in 1884 attracted a railroad to Burke by 1887. Hundreds of miners lived there in a canyon so narrow that they scarcely had room for streets.
So in 1888, S.S. Glidden's Tiger Hotel had to be built over, rather than beside, Canyon Creek. Railroad tracks and Burke's only highway also had to run through this hotel. When a second railroad arrived in 1890, its tracks has to be laid in Burke's only street. No other hotel had two railroads, a street and a stream running through its lobby.
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HM NumberHM2B20
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Placed ByIdaho Department of Transportation
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, September 2nd, 2018 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 588454 N 5263454
Decimal Degrees47.51850000, -115.82510000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 31.11', W 115° 49.506'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 31' 6.6" N, 115° 49' 30.36" W
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Area Code(s)208
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 6011 Burke Rd, Wallace ID 83873, US
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