Wardner, Idaho

Wardner is a city in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States. Located in the Silver Valley mining region, the population was 188 at the 2010 census, down from 215 in 2000.

Geography

Wardner is located at 47°31′23″N 116°8′3″W / 47.52306°N 116.13417°W / 47.52306; -116.13417 (47.523164, -116.134190), at an elevation of 2,657 feet (810 m) above sea level.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.86 square miles (2.23 km²), all of it land.

History

The city was named for Jim Wardner, an early promoter of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine in the 1880s and a seller of corner lots in the city. Born in Wisconsin in 1846, he held various occupations in Arizona, California, Utah, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Washington state. After his time in the Silver Valley of Idaho, he followed the mining booms to South Africa, British Columbia, and the Klondike; he published his autobiography in 1900 and died in El Paso, Texas in 1905.

In 1892, and again in 1899, angry union miners converged on the Bunker Hill mine during confrontations with mine owners.

Wardner (video game)

Wardner (original Japanese title: Forest of Wardner (ワードナの森, Wardner no Mori) is an action platform video game developed internally by Toaplan. The game was released in 1987 by Taito.

Description

The player controls a character by the name of Dover through various forest game levels battling creatures in an attempt to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend, Mia, from the evil Wardner. The simple run and jump controls are supplemented with the ability to throw balls of fire. The player collects gold coins throughout the game; at the end of each level, the coins are exchangeable for protective devices, and weapons.

Other versions

The game was ported to the Famicom Disk System in 1988 in Japan. A 1990 port to Sega Mega Drive is titled Wardner no Mori Special in Japan. The North American version of the arcade game is alternately titled Pyros. The console game was never officially distributed in Europe, but the arcade game was commonplace.

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