An idyllic ghost town readily accessible from I-90, Burke, Idaho—3,700 feet above sea level in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains —was once a crowded site of violence and intrigue. Rich ore strikes at nearby Wallace in the early 1880s lured prospectors northward into Burke Canyon, where they hit valuable silver and lead deposits. In 1888 railroad …
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