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Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho -- Hercules (#02)
View of the mine and its vicinity shortly after the discovery of the vein, ca. 1895.
Northwest -- Strikes (#01)
View from the railroad of Wallace, Idaho showing the tents of soldiers called to suppress the labor unrest of 1899.
Northwest -- Strikes (#02)
A group of men drill within the stockade at the "bullpen" with wooden guns and swords, 1899.
Northwest -- Strikes (#03)
View of the Frisco-Helena Mill following the July 11, 1892 explosion during the mining war of that year.
Northwest -- Strikes (#04)
Panoramic view of the "bullpen" during the 1899 mining war. Taken in 1899.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Burke (#03)
"This mining camp as it appeared in 1887." Signs indicate the locations of the Poorman and Tiger Mines. Taken August 1887.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Burke (#04)
"Gorge Gulch. Upper End of Burke down which all Hercules Ore was hauled; One team of horses would bring the load of ore down but it took 6 teams of draft horses to take the empty wagon back up. Looking up the canyon through Gorge Gulch and very…
Northwest -- Idaho -- Mullan (#02)
Snowstorm Lumber Mill in Mullan showing new tree growth on the surrounding hillside. Taken c. 1892.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Mullan (#01)
The Mullan Fire Department poses on their engine in front of a brick building. Undated.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Wallace (#03)
Bird's eye view of Wallace over a decade after the 1910 fire. Note the brick construction. Rail cars filled with rock wait next to the railway station. Taken 1926.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Wallace (#04)
Bird's-eye view of Wallace apparently prior to the Great Fire of 1910. Centered on the corner of 4th and Cedar Streets, the photo shows the explosive growth of this mining and timber center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Taken c. 1900.
Northwest -- Strikes (#20)
View of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan concentrator after its dynamiting on April 29, 1899.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Wardner (#01)
Elevation view of Wardner and Silver Valley. Studio information and date included on print, 1907.
Northwest -- Strikes (#12)
"The riots 1899 arose when the assistant manager of the Bunker Hill Mine refused to recognize the consolidated miner's union. On April 29, a party of 200 masked men took possession of a Northern Pacific Train at Burke and collecting men, arms, and…
Northwest -- Strikes (#14)
The interior of the bullpen showing prisoners' bunks and imprisoned residents of the Silver Valley, 1899.
Northwest -- Strikes (#18)
Interior of the bullpen showing imprisoned miners eating with their plates on the ground, 1899.
Spokane -- Railroads (#05)
A Pullman car decorated in honor of Olympia Day at the 1890 Spokane Exposition.
Northwest -- Railroads (#01)
A hand-tinted view down the tracks of the Kettle Valley Railway in British Columbia.
Northwest -- Railroads (#03)
American R.R. Ditcher working at the entrance to a tunnel on the the Spokane International (SI) Railway. Taken east of Bonners Ferry, July 1918. H.B. Burnett is the operator and Ted Johnson is the fireman.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Great Northern (#07)
Workers clear stones and lay tracks for the Great Northern Railway in this undated photograph.
Spokane -- Railroads (#04)
Digging tracks for Chicago/Milwaukee Railroad in Spokane on E. Trent. Schade Brewery in background. Date unknown.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Depots -- Great Northern (#01)
The Great Northern Railway depot and clock tower are backlit by the afternoon sun in this undated sepia photograph.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Depots -- Great Northern (#02)
Great Northern station and the adjoining postal substation at night, ca. 1965.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Depots -- Great Northern (#03)
The Great Northern and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle station is reflected in the calm waters of the Spokane River above the falls.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Depots -- Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co. (#01)
The river between the Division St. diversion dam and middle falls, high water, winter 1934. The Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. station stands on the north bank of the river.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Electric (#07)
Men waiting at the Greenacres depot and power plant as a train pulls away, ca. 1935.
Spokane -- Railroads, Chicago-Milwaukee (#01)
A work train dumps fill for the Milwaukee Road embankment and viaduct. Date unknown.
Spokane -- Railroads, Chicago-Milwaukee (#02)
The Milwaukee Road tunneled for about a block past the old Schade Brewery. This is all remains of it in 1995.
Spokane -- Railroads (#02)
The work train with engine Number 11 at Sawyer (Idaho) in 1918. Acquired by the Spokane International Railway in 1906 and then sold to the Humbird Lumber Company in 1923.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Union Pacific (#01)
Spokane; Union Station. Reverse note reads "This attractive bldg (building) has become a mausoleum and only one train arrives and departs each day." Early 1970s.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Union Pacific (#04)
View of an exhibition streamlined train visiting Spokane on 31 March 1934.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Electric (#01)
Early photo of Greenacres electric interurban train depot, 1904.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Electric (#02)
Inland Empire Electric Railroad Station at Greenacres in 1909.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Electric (#08)
A train leaves Spokane for Palouse and Moscow, Idaho. S&IE Railway organized by Jay P. Graves in 1904 as an electric interurban. Renamed to Spokane, Coeur d'Alene & Palouse in 1927 after takeover by Great Northern Railroad. Photo taken in east…