Ghost Town Trolley Tour

Step back in time aboard Sierra Silver’s trolley for a truly unique history lesson! Characters from a bygone era will share their stories while we retrace the significant historical events of Wallace, the Coeur d'Alene mining district, and the ghost town of Burke, Idaho

 

Ghost Town Tour Details
  • Adults
  • Children (4-16 years)
    (Children under 4 years free)
  • Group rates available for 10 or more people.

$10.00
$6.00

  • The Ghost Town Trolley will transport you back in time every Wednesday through Saturday beginning July 6th and running through August 25th, 11 AM - 4 PM
  • Tours depart every hour
  • Tour length: 50 minutes
  • Don’t forget your camera!

 

 

Watch a short video of our Ghost Town Tour!

A little information about our ghosts:

Charlie Siringo is a man who trades in secrets. We knew that he was the secretary of the miners' union. We later found out that he is a Pinkerton spy. We have heard rumors of dealings with Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson in Dodge City, of chasing cattle-rustlers, of getting in with Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, and of a rigged Governor's race in Colorado. Only one man knows how much of that, and more, is true. He will tell us what he wants us to know, and we shall have to decide where the trajectory of his wide-ranging Western life intersects with the truth.

Lucy Wallace was the original “First Lady” of Wallace. Her husband, Colonel William R. Wallace, started the Ore-or-no-go claim in 1883, and purchased 80 acres of land at the confluence of the major canyons near Burke. He built a cabin in 1884 and called the new community Placer Center. Lucy arrived in 1885, and was later appointed postmistress of Placer Center. She changed the name to Wallace because the Postal Service told her the name "Placer Center" was too long. There were 14 people living in Wallace at the time. Mrs. Wallace will share with you stories of the early days of the Silver Valley, and how the Coeur d’Alene Mining District began.

Eleanor Day Boyce has connections to both sides of the mining industry. On one hand, her brother, Harry Day, a bookkeeper and clerk, discovered and staked the claim that became the fabulous Hercules mine, of which she became part owner. On the other hand, she married a famous union man, Ed Boyce, president of the Western Federation of Miners. Ed was imprisoned for his involvement and leadership in the 1892 Mining War that happened at the Frisco mine up Burke Canyon.