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Shoshone County (Idaho)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

David Peckham Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2022-008
Content Description

Collection includes 23 black and white 35 mm negatives and 8 black and white photographic prints made from those negatives. Photographs depict a train ride from St. Maries, Idaho, to Missoula, Montana on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as the Milwaukee Road). Photographs taken by David Peckham.

Dates: 1979

Photograph of mining town Burke, Idaho

 Collection — Box 1985
Identifier: P1985-052
Content Description

One damaged black and white photograph and negative of Burke, Idaho. Burke was established in 1887 as a mining town for silver, lead, and zinc. The Hecla, Star, and Hercules Silver mines operated out of Burke. The last mine in Burke closed in 1991.

Dates: undated