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The Staff House Museum
820 McKinley Avenue
Kellogg, Idaho 83837
(208)786-4141
e-mail - staffhouse@cebridge.net

The museum's mission is to preserve the mining, smelting and cultural history of North Idaho's Silver Valley.

The museum, located in the 104 year old Bunker Hill Company Staff House,
is a short walk from Silver Mountan's all season resort and the
Trail of the Coeur d'Alene's bike trail. A thirty minute drive east will take you to the Route of the Hiawatha bike trail.

2010 Hours of Operations
Open Date - May 29, 2010
10:00 am - 6:00 pm daily
Other times by appointment
Closing Date - September 30, 2010
Group tours may be arranged by contacting the museum by phone, mail, or the internet.

Free Museum Day
and Pie Social
Sunday, September 12th
at The Staff Housing Museum
820 McKinley Ave., Kellogg, Idaho 83837
Museum open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Pie Social 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Please join us for the museum's oldest fund raiser and social event.

1910 Forest Fire Exhibits

Staff House Museum

"Summer of Fires – Letters Home"

An exhibit of local fire photographs and excerpts from a woman on a homestead up Pine Creek and a United States Forest Service worker at Graham Creek along with a replica of a fire camp.

Wallace Mining Museum
509 Bank Street, Wallace, Idaho

"All Things Pulaski"
Artifacts from PUlaski Tunnel and the archeological dig at the tunnel site.

"The Wallace Experience"
Part of Wallace burned and the exhibit has photographs of the town. A virtual exhibit where you can use the kiosk display to show aspects of the fire. Also, a sequencing digital photo display of fire photographs.

Northern Pacific Depot Museum
219 6th Street, Wallace, Idaho

An exhibit of the transportation aspects of the fire and the role railroads played.

John Mullan Museum
229 Earle Street, Mullan, Idaho

Fire photographs in the Mullan area, east to Taft, Montana and south to Grand Forks and Avery, Idaho.

The Mullan Volunteer Fire Department and early Fireman's Ball

Changes in forest management as a result of the fire and the Fire Lookouts program.

Early "Smokey, the Bear" posters

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