Burke, Idaho
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Burke is a ghost town in Burke-Canyon in the Shoshone County. It has a year round population of an estimated 38 people. The town was once a thriving silver and lead town with a population of almost 2,500. It was situated in a canyon only about 300 feet wide. Located on Burke-Canyon Creek Road in the Northern most part of the Shoshone County. Burke has no "real" mayor but the community does do a few activities each year, the County easter hunt for 2007 is scheduled to occur in Burke along side the mountain on the west side of the Road. Also Jaden Rosencrans along with the community is preparing for a $200,000 community-county project to re-build the Hotel which in 1890 had a railroad, river, and road running through the lobby.
[edit] A Town in Pictures
An old Buisness Building Closed for the last 30 years.
[edit] History
In 1899, angry union miners seized a train in Burke, loaded it with explosives, and delivered their payload to the Bunker Hill mill. Also one of Idaho's most famous pictures of all was taken in Burke, a photograph showing the Train Tracks running through the main road. Another thing is the Burke Fire and Train Wreck 69% of Burke was burned down as a result of the Under Motored Fire trucks coming from Wallace a 10 minute drive by Car. Then the Wreck destroyed much after that which is not in anyway related to the Hijacked train.
