Any movies filmed in the Silver Valley, or mentions Idaho or an Idaho town. like these: The Grey Fox, Dante's Peak, My Own Private Idaho, Napoleon Dynamite, and even though it was a dud, Heaven's Gate....can't forget actress Lana Turner - born in Burke - we gotta love her! ..
That 70's Show (too typically 70's Silver Valley high schools), Sunday Morning (their nature moment at the end often features my beautiful Pacific Northwest), Hee Haw (saluted my Cataldo, Idaho), Cheers (I once had more bars per capita than capita)& OLD Warner Bros cartoons (because Walla Walla, Washington is not too terribly far away). ..
Books
Idaho-based titles &/or authors: The Deep Dark by Gregg Olsen, From Hell to Heaven by Gene Hyde, The Days of the Hercules by John Fayhey, Year of the Fires by Stephen J. Pyne, Soil, Soiled Doves by Anne Seagraves, and Whatchagot Stew by Patrick McMannis.
Since folks assume Idaho is about potatoes - the children's book, Luck With Potatoes by Helen Ketteman.
I am so close to Spokane, Washington, I feel a kinship to the Spokane-area Native American, Sherman Alexie, notable NY Best Selling fiction writer of 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven' and the screenplay comedy movie version now on DVD titled "Smoke Signals" and other award-winning books by him, like "Reservation Blues" and more.
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Heroes
Family, friends, fishermen, miners, lumberjacks, railroaders, educators, all living: "By the grace of God go I."
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About me: Born February 4, 1864: I'm 145 years young, christened "SHOSHONE COUNTY,IDAHO" but my friends call me "SILVER VALLEY." I am the FIRST organized government EVER in the Idaho boundaries. My first county seat was in Pierce & it moved three times: Murry, Osburn, and last to Wallace. NAMED for my many silver mines, I am blessed with a colorful history, and strong people from all walks of life.
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The LAST GOLD RUSH in the lower 48 U.S. states made my town of Murray, Idaho the center of Coeur d'Alene Mining District in 1883. Since then, I've been the queen of silver, gold, lead, zinc, and copper production. All my towns and neighborhoods sprang-up as a result of mining and railroad. They are my individual parts, and together are my heart and soul: Murray, Prichard, Osburn, Two-Mile, Nine-Mile, Nuchols, Blackcloud, Zanettiville, Woodland Park, Wallace, Burke (featured in Ripley's Believe it or Not), Mullan, Wardner, Kellogg, Elk Creek, Big Creek, Elizabeth Park, Silverton, Kingston, Cataldo, Pinehurst, Pine Creek, Smelterville, Page, Avery, Enaville . . . KNOWN for an outdoorsman's paradise: hunting, fishing, hiking, atv'ing, snowmobiling, bicycling, skiing, etc. . . Locals mark their calendars with the season's best native-grown "Eats" like: HUCKLEBERRIES, CHOKE CHERRIES, RED CURRANTS, SALMON, HUCKLEBERRIES, RAINBOW TROUT, BROWN TROUT, SUNFISH, HUCKLEBERRIES, ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS, HUCKLEBERRIES, ELK STEAKS, IDAHO SPUDS (THE CANDY BAR - NOT THE TUBER), DID I SHARE THAT PROBABLY THE ALL-TIME FAVORITE LOCAL TREATS ARE . . . HUCKLEBERRIES???!!! L.O.L!
******FAVORITE LOCAL FUN & HISTORIC Shoshone County SITES: (in random order)
CATALDO MISSION Idaho's oldest building * LOOKOUT PASS free ski school * NOAH KELLOGG statue, Kellogg * BURLINGTON NORTHERN DEPOT, Wallace * St. ANDREW's CHURCH, Mullan (aka "OLD MULLAN SCHOOL") * BOOT HILL, Murray * BURKE CANYON * HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, Wallace * MINERS' MEMORIAL statue off I-90 at Big Creek * SILVER MOUNTAIN GONDOLA, Kellogg * PULASKI TUNNEL between Wallace & Avery * AVERY DEPOT, Avery * NINE MILE CEMETERY, up Nine Mile Gulch * CEDAR SNAGS, up North Fork of St. Joe River * ANCIENT CEDAR GROVE, up North Fork of Cd'A River * FISH HATCHERY, Mullan * CD'A DISTRICT MINING MUSEUM, Wallace * SIXTH STREET MELODRAMA & THEATER, Wallace * BEDROOM GOLD MINE, Murray * GLIDDEN LAKE * SNAKE PIT, Kingston * SWEET's CAFE, Wallace * SHOSHONE PARK, Mullan *
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Silver V. Idaho is for fun and keeping in touch with old friends and welcoming new friends. . .
As in the old saying: "Make New Friends, But Keep The Old; One is Silver & The Other is Gold!"
Here's to Memories & Friendships, Old & New :-)
DISCRIMINATION OR OFFENSE OF ANY SORT IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF THE SILVER V. IDAHO - "This old gal just wants ta' have fun" & share friendship, good times, memories, and the preservation of our beautiful Shoshone County, Idaho.
"This old gal just wants ta’ have fun"
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In this "long explore" of life's road & all its turns, I am most grateful for family and friends, happy moments and heartaches. All have helped mold me into who I am today.
My favorite Bible verse was a gift from my grandmother, a Silver Valley miner's wife: "Seek & you will find; Knock & the door will open; Ask & you shall receive." Matt 7:7
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Who I'd like to meet: Everyone much more often & work much less often!
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In case u wonder, my WHOLE list is 'top friends' - Thanks for keeping in-touch.
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Im trying to figure out more about Pinehurst days, like when and where to register for things like the barrel races? And what time stuff is going on. Do you have any info?
