Burke, Idaho
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Burke is a ghost town in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States, established in 1887. Once a thriving silver, lead and zinc mining community, the town saw significant decline in the mid-twentieth centu
East hillside of Burke as seen in 2017
Burke, c. 1891, showing the railway track running on the street through town.
The Tiger Hotel, a 150-room hotel with the railway running through the main lobby.
The Poorman, Burke, Idaho 1890
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company was a rail and steamboat transport company that operated a rail network of 1,143 miles running east from Portland, Oregon, United States, to northeastern Ore
Burke, Idaho
…and the first shipment of ore to Wallace took place on December 12. In 1888, the town was serviced by trains from the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. Given its position within the narrow canyon, Burke had to share its boundaries with the Northern Pacific rail spur, resulting in a railway that occupied…
OR&N 197 at Oregon Rail Heritage Center
Southern Pacific's Shasta Limited on the OWR & N.
Advertisement in 1887
The ghost town of Burke, Idaho was situated in such a narrow canyon that the O.R.&.N. and Northern Pacific operated on main street. (1914) The Tiger Hotel was built over the tracks due to space constraints.