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Wallace Inn company history timeline

1884

The town has long been famous as the "Silver Capital of the World" with over 1.2 billion ounces of silver having been mined since 1884.

1890

Fire-related tragedy struck the first time in 1890 when an out-of-control blaze burned down the majority of downtown’s wooden buildings.

Wallace and the Silver Valley rebuilt following the damage endured in the Great Fire of 1890.

1910

The largest fire in American history – ultimately spanning 3 million acres, an area comparable to the entire state of Connecticut – ripped through western Montana, the Panhandle of North Idaho, and eastern Washington in August, 1910.

1970

Congress had recently passed the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 which required filing environmental impact statements in advance of major projects.

1979

In 1979, he secured placement of the entire downtown of Wallace on the National Register of Historic Places.

2010

The havoc wreaked by the fire is recounted in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan’s 2010 book, The Big Burn.

2022

Derrick Knowles January 11, 2022 Idaho’s Silver Valley is a choose-your-own adventure winter getaway destination.

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