Development and further unrest Burke, Idaho

the tiger hotel, 150-room hotel railway running through main lobby.

burke continued development construction of tiger hotel, 150-room hotel built in 1896 boarding rooms miners; hotel took namesake tiger mine. grease fire severely damaged hotel in 1897. subsequent widening of railroad in 1906 forced hotel devise unique solution given limited space: hotel, straddled main street , creek, modified railroad run through hotel lobby; featured enclosed walkway constructed above hotel guests move between 2 halves of hotel without worry train or weather.

around 1896, socialist leader eugene v. debs had grown prominent in pacific northwest, , addressed miners in burke in 1897. 2 years later, hostilities erupted once again in 1899. in response bunker hill company firing seventeen men joining union, miners dynamited bunker hill & sullivan mill. lives lost once again, , army intervened. while hecla mine continued prosper, city saw further destruction in february 1910 when avalanche struck town, killing twenty residents. 6 months later, great fire of 1910 caused further damage burke canyon.

in 1913, significant flooding impacted town, sediment , debris building against tiger hotel water cascaded down gulch. town plagued further damage on july 23, 1923, when fire broke out, causing extensive damage numerous buildings in town. notably damaged fire tiger hotel, become increasingly unprofitable in 1940s , torn down in 1954.