Happy Birthday, Cam! Today is our grandson's 17th birthday, and he lives in McLean, VA.
It's Monday, and still raining. We have had rain in Osburn, Idaho since we got here last Friday, and the weather news was forecasting high winds and heavy rain through today. We have decided to stay where we are, with a heavy snow warning east of us, and heavy rains west of us. I'm just glad we are past the snow areas! With nothing to report over the weekend, except that the Badgers lost to Ohio State and the Seahawks are 4-0. It was a football weekend, and we had nothing interesting to report! We decided to go back to Wallace this afternoon, as there seemed to be a let up in the rain. We went through the beautiful old railroad museum, and that was the picture I posted from Friday. It was finished in 1902 and closed in 1980. We didn't care to go through the mining museum, as we have done that in Bisbee, AZ, so we did a little geo-caching and walked the main part of the town, until the rain halted that plan. We saw the Wallace Bordello Museum, which was open from 1895 to 1988! Yes, 1988, and they say the appearance of the things remaining, indicated a rapid exit! We didn't tour that museum.
Wallace is nestled in the valley, surrounded by a lot of mountains, on just a sliver of land. After 1900, Wallace became the hub of one of the world's richest mining districts. By 2011 it had produced 1.3 billion ounces of silver. They are still mining silver, lead, and zinc ores.
Lana Turner was born in Wallace, and her family later moved to California, where she was discovered by Hollywood, and made famous.
We will check our next destination, which is Coulee City, WA to make sure they have power and they don't have any downed trees. We understand the Seattle area had problems, but we think we'll be fine.
Tour Guide at the Railroad Museum
The back side of the Wallace Bordello Museum
'Buns of Steel' Geo-cache
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