Wallace, Idaho
| Wallace, Idaho | |
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Buildings in Wallace's historic district
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| Nickname(s): Silver Capital of the World | |
 Location of Wallace, Idaho |
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 Wallace, Idaho
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| Coordinates: 47°28′23″N 115°55′30″W / 47.47306°N 115.92500°WCoordinates: 47°28′23″N 115°55′30″W / 47.47306°N 115.92500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Shoshone |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.84 sq mi (2.18 km2) |
| • Land | 0.84 sq mi (2.18 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,730 ft (832 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 784 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 780 |
| • Density | 933.3/sq mi (360.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 83873-83874 |
| Area code(s) | 208 |
| FIPS code | 16-84790 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0392796 |
| Website | http://www.wallace-id.com |
Wallace is a historic city in the Panhandle region of the U.S. state of Idaho and the county seat of Shoshone County in the Silver Valley mining district. Wallace sits alongside the South Fork Coeur d'Alene River (and Interstate 90) and the town's population was 784 at the 2010 census.
Wallace is the principal town of the Coeur d'Alene silver-mining district, which produced more silver than any other mining district in the United States. Burke-Canyon Road runs through historic mining communities – many of them now deserted – north and eastward toward the Montana state line. East of Wallace, the Route of the Hiawatha (rails-to-trails) and the Lookout Pass ski area are popular with locals and tourists.
The elevation is 2,728 feet (831 m) above sea level.
The city was named for Colonel W.R. Wallace, a landowner. In 1890, Shoshone County was the most populated county in the new state of Idaho, and Wallace was its largest city and the third largest in the state, with 2000 residents.
The area periodically experienced open warfare between miners and mine owners. Hard rock miners in Shoshone County protested wage cuts with a strike in 1892. After several lost their lives in a shooting war provoked by discovery of a company spy, the U.S. Army forced an end to the strike. Hostilities erupted again in 1899 when, in response to the company firing seventeen men for joining the union, the miners dynamited the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mill. Again, lives were lost, and the Army intervened.
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