Depot Day 2002 in Historic Wallace Idaho
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May 11th is the date, downtown Wallace is the place, and the 17th annual Northern Pacific Depot Railroad Museum Festival and Classic Car Show is the event. Depot Day has evolved into a major event in Wallace, celebrating the coming of spring, America's favorite mode of transportation, the automobile, and the nostalgia of the railroad that helped make Wallace "The Silver Capital of the World." |
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Beautifully restored classic cars will fill
the "closed-to-traffic" streets in historic Wallace, where
there will also be live music, lots of activities for kids
on the Depot lawn, and various ethnic and traditional food
booths. There will also be a model train exhibit at the
Arts Center, "Legends of the Old West" shootouts and melodrama
on the streets, and the opportunity to send a telegram
in Morse code from the Depot's telegraph office across
town. Since the Depot was built in 1902, using special
bricks brought from China as ballast originally destined
for a huge hotel in Tacoma, this year's centennial
celebration will be especially noteworthy.
There will be drawings for several prizes, with the Grand Prize being 100 ounces of 0.999 pure Idaho silver beautifully framed to create an outstanding display. Registration for cars in various categories will be between 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM, and trophies will be awarded at 4:00 PM. |
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| 2002 CAR SHOW AWARD WINNERS | 2002 DEPOT DAY RAFFLE WINNERS |
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Depot Day 1994 The Northern Pacific Depot was moved 200 feet to this location in 1986 when Interstate 90 was built over the town, rather than through it. There was no option for the feds because every building in town is on the National Historic Register. |
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Depot Day 1994 These buff cars are parked in front of the Oasis Bordello Museum, which celebrates the town's bawdy past. |
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Depot Day 1994 This piece of art is parked in front of the old Wallace Arts Center, the center of the town's artistic community. |
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Depot Day 1994 The fellow holding the Grand Prize is Dean Cooper, former owner of Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area. |
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Depot Day 1994 These merchants and many others work to make doing business in Wallace fun all year long. |
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Depot Day 1994 Wallace festivals are already known for folk music at the gazebo. Some of us are working to make folk music a regular summer feature. |
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