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During the time that the 1910 Big Burn forest fire was approaching Wallace, the railroad tracks in the foreground of this picture, became involved with one of the provident events of the fire. A train was sitting on these very tracks waiting for the nuns in the hospital to evacuate their patients and load them…

The hotel was famous for its luxurious lobby area, especially the “bird cage” elevator. The lobby was also used as a seating area for clients at the Beauty Salon just off the lobby. One time my mother, Frances Flohr, was waiting for her hair appointment. She decided to put a dime into a nearby slot…

This picture may be the only known frontal image of the Mallon Brewing Company. It was a 2 story brick structure at 2 King Street. When built, the Mallon Brewery used water from a spring in the mountain immediately behind the building. When Bruce Flohr was growing up next door at 4 King Street, Mother…

I, Ron Garitone, Mayor of Wallace, Idaho, and all of its subjects, and being of sound body and mind, do hereby solemnly declare and proclaim Wallace to be the Center of the Universe. Thanks to the newly discovered science of “Probalism” – specifically probalistic modeling, pioneered by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of…