Our Fall For History Festival is a full weekend event starting on Thursday Night where we have a meet and greet with our participants and ends Sunday afternoon. It's easy to slip into the niche' of our small but hugely Historic town of Wallace Idaho. The event includes guided historic home tours, convening with our local historians, attending a banquet style dinner party and program, the "Bloodshed in Burke" Bus Tour and walk through time to see inside of our historic Homes Tour. Come along with us to dive into our past and discover Wallace Idaho.

Schedule of Events:

October 3, 2024

7:00pm - 9:00pm: at the Jameson Hotel and Saloon. Fall For History Kick-Off Event and Registration Check In will feature piano musician Carl Rowe with drinks and light appetizers.

Location: Jameson Hotel 304 6th Street, Wallace, Idaho

October 4, 2024

1:00pm: Presentation "One Penny, Two Penny, Three Penny Postcards" a pictorial history of the Coeur d’Alene’s via old postcards. A sampling of the Dick Caron Collection of more than 500 postcards of the area.

Location: Sixth Street Theater 212 6th Street, Wallace, Idaho

7:00pm - 9:00pm: Panel Discussion of Historic Proportions. Get immersed in the history of the destruction of the Frisco Mill in 1892 by striking union miners causing Bedlam in the Bitterroots. Five presenters paint the story of the life and times of the living characters that played roles in the mining wars.

Location: the Elks Club 419 Cedar Street, Wallace, Idaho

October 5, 2024

9:30am - 1:00pm: The popular Burke, Idaho Tour Grab a ride on our tour bus and learn about the Tiger Hotel, riots, bombings, shootouts, mines, snow slides. This tour is 2 hours and includes 5 historical sites. Tour times depend on package or ala carte.

Location: Wallace Library 415 River St, Wallace, Idaho

Doors Open at 5:30pm and Dinner at 6:00pm at the Elks Lodge with program starting after 7:00pm until 9:00pm we are offering a Steak and Chicken Dinner with salad, veggie, roll and dessert.

Location: Wallace Elks Club 419 Cedar Street, Wallace, Idaho

October 6, 2024

Our Historic Homes Tour is a walk-through time, seeing the inside of these historic homes is like traveling back in time and understanding the true sense of the era they behold. Tour times selected during registration. various Tours every half hour from 10am to 12:30pm depending on package or ala carte.

Location: The Barnard Stockbridge Museum 312 Fourth Street, Wallace, Idaho

10:00am Horseback Preacher Service "Old Time Religion". Attend the Sunday Circuit Riding Pastor who gives a Sunday Service at the Prayer Station

Location: 215 4th Street, Wallace, Idaho

Date: October 3 - 6, 2024

Location:  Various Venues in Wallace, ID

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