Wallace in Decoration
This file appears in: A Brief History of Wallace, Idaho
Decorated to welcome President Teddy Roosevelt to the town.
Image HG-559-17 courtesy of the Wallace District Mining Museum
This file appears in: A Brief History of Wallace, Idaho
A Brief History of Wallace, Idaho
At the heart of the Silver Valley, Wallace has always been a town of boom and bust.
Founded in 1884, the town is named for William R. Wallace, a local farmer. Silver mining would soon replace agriculture, and the community that emerged around…