Wallace Idaho, "Richest Little City In the World" TAKE 2
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- čas přidán 18. 12. 2015
- What happens when a Historic Mining Town goes from 150 Large Producing Mines to trying to become a tourist town? The population goes from 3112 to about 780.
Just some then and now videos with no narration on this one. More of a practice for editing with new software than anything.
Simply amazing. I found my long lost great grandfather in Wallace Idaho via Ancestry. He’s buried in a miner’s cemetery there, I have his death certificate dated 1925. Glad to finally be able to see things through his eyes.
At roughly the 8:08 mark, there's a picture of three girls; two older ones and one in a baby buggy. The baby is my grandma Barbara, who passed away last year. The other two are her sisters Bonnie and Genevieve. They grew up in Wallace, and my grandpa grew up in Burke. This is really cool! Thanks!
Mom went to high school in wallace, grandpa worked .the mine in Burke. My best childhood memories are from this beautiful place
Amazing!!
My family is from Wallace. I'm a Solum.
Ted, another masterpiece! Good job! You really defined Wallace well, from boom to bust as you said. Still, folks who live there are proud of their past and hope the best for the future. Wallace is a survivor, not like a lot of ghost towns you and I like to explore. Thanks for the quality production. I enjoyed it immensely. Dave.
I bought this cabin In Gem ~ Up Burke 3.8 Miles From Town, Wallace.
I moved in on January 7th 2021 ~~ I woke up here the first morning of January 8th ~
1 year to the Day almost to the minute ~ My Sweetheart ~ Diane Took Her Last Breath
This Cabin, Burke Canyon and Wallace Is everything She Would Have Loved
This Is the last Johnny Cash Song I loved so much that Diane & Shared ~ I am Stunned by this video.
My first thought is ... I would like this Video & Music to be shared at services when its my turn.
It hasn't even been a year here... Thank You For Today ~ October 27, 2021 ~ David Dodd
@@daviddodd7128 David, sorry to hear of your loss. Your Sweetheart, like the creator of this video (my good friend Ted), have moved on. I know both of them are looking down as we type these comments and wish they were still here. I know we feel the same about them. Thanks for your touching comment on Teds video. He would have been proud. Dave in western Montana.
Thank you for doing this. A wonderful piece of nostalgia for those of us who grew up there. A positive that is missing here are some of the beautiful residences that remain, many having been restored and preserved. Almost brings a tear to the eye though.
+Patricia Bumgarner Thank you for watching. I had shot several clips of some of the houses. Those on Cedar Street and 3rd, some up the hill, King street etc. They just didn't fit into this project though. I plan on using them in other things later. If there is a particular home or neighborhood you think you would like to see, fee free to send me a message. Thanks again.
Hi, How about Pine st. next to placer creek. Thanks
Well done! So glad you took the time to document this. I need to go through Wallace one of these summers. Seems like a nice little town.
I can't begin to describe how amazing your video is. That is my home I moved away from 3 years ago and I love the history there. I love the old pictures you have. Absolutely amazing!
Good video Wallace is starting and ending of many quad rides these day fun town
Thanks for the memories, I worked in the Silver Valley for both the Bunker Hill and than Day Mines through the 1970's as a Mine Engineer and the Valley still has a hold on me
Haven't been there since I was a teenager, and the Couer 'd Alene river was running white, from the smelter(v)ille)
I bet it does Mr. Cohen.
I’m sure the stories you have, would go until the fire went out.
I did the Sunset mine tour with my mom last week. “ 70 feet in 7 years “ The whole damn world and way of living was on a whole other level. That’s the kind of work it takes to become a millionaire. Glad some of those folks made it.
Beautifully done!!! Love living in this gorgeous area! Feel so blessed!
I really am enjoying your videos. I love history and you have a wonderful and informative way of presenting it. Thank You!
Very very good job! I was there as a boy during the collapse. We left Mullan in 1959. I've been sending these videos to my family who have no idea. Thanks.
+Nathan Pen I really am happy that you would send and share these videos. They may not be the best quality but it's nice others want to share our history. Thanks again.
Another awesome AuggieDogProduction! The history of Wallace and surrounding areas is preserved and forever available to everyone largely through your efforts. Keep up the great work.
AWESOME JOB!! You do us proud! Thank you!
Nice video, thank you for creating and posting. The film, “Dante’s Peak” with Pierce Brosnan was filmed there in ‘97. They dumped fake ash all over the town.
Nice video. You forgot to give credit to the last song. Till we meet again by Johnny Reid. Good song.
What a touching video this one. Everywhere, mining is an economic activity that raises a region to then make of it only dust and memories of glorious days. Wallace is one of the nicest places in Idaho and I hope residents will keep it that way.
Wallace is such a pretty town. Wish I could buy those buildings that were for sale.
Great Video. It's sad to think that way of life will never return. A few of the scenes of the abandoned town of Burke, all the closed and for sale signs in Wallace kind of brought a tear to my eyes, but the ending was a little more cheerful and the last shot of the sun and the american flag at the miner statue was most fitting. The fact the sun on is trying to break out of the dark clouds just over his shoulder, and the song is "May the Sun Shine On Your Shoulders" was a perfect choice.
Good job! your best effort so far.
Great video!!
I grew up in Wallace....my uncle worked for Hecla....great video...a friend of my mothers lived on Shifters Hill in Burke
Great video
At the end when the memorial was shown, reminded me of the friends I lost in that disasater.
When I moved to Mullan back in 73, I was told that Wallace had more millionairs per capita than any other city in the U.S.
My favorite place on earth !
Just bought my retirement home there can’t wait!
@@randallhoskins6243 you are very fortunate, I am retiring where my wife wants to live, grrrr!!
@@gnpajeff1 so am I,that’s what makes it even better! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
@@randallhoskins6243 Bought mine in 2019,
L💖VE it!!! Welcome to Wallace!
Nice video! I came to this in searching for cities that have been bypassed. I live in Sultan, WA where our little town has HWY 2 running straight through it causing terrible traffic back ups for miles because of it's traffic lights. I know Wallace a bit as my husband's family lived in the area and his middle name is after this city but have only been through there a couple times. I understand that the city nearly washed up from the boom coming to an end but it looks like it is flourishing now even though it is bypassed. It's population of less than 800 and yet the buildings are beautiful and the streets are busy with people milling about. Sultan has roughly 5k and half the buildings are sitting empty and deteriorating. It is hard to get anywhere in the whole Skykomish Valley because the terrible back-ups and a lot of us feel like hostages in our homes on the weekends because of the long back-ups through here. It can take sometimes 2 hours to go 12 miles on HWY 2.
I envy your beautiful city!! Thanks for sharing. :)
I now live in Coeur d Alene and last lived in Sumner about an hour south of Sultan. Great fishing and beautiful little town in its own right. But the traffic is well known through there. It’s sad there’s not more money that goes into that town all things considered.
Great work here Sir!👍
I would love to know where that monument is today? @2:25
Are you referring to the Brooks building? Still there,
I have no connection with Wallace, or indeed North America, but I enjoy such history recorded. I was surprised to see a pipe band on a parade..... Was there a Scottish connection to Wallace, apart from the name?
My mother grew up in Osburn, graduated from Wallace HS
That orchestra music in the beginning probably ran through
John D. Rockefeller's head, when he got his first few Billion dollars back in the 1900's
Long stairways up to houses. If you want a steak dinner Wallace is the place to get the best.
Who restores earth
Hi .. sorry to say the claim about the area being the richest Silver and Lead location in the World is very inaccurate. It doesn’t rate in the World top 100
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