Eleanor B. Day Boyce Papers, 1887-1951

Eleanor Day was the second child of Henry and Ellen Day. She graduated from the State Normal School at San Jose, CA in 1887 and moved to Spokane Falls, Washington Territory where she served as and elementary school principal, 1887-1891. From Spokane she moved to northern Idaho, teaching at Wardner, 1894-1894; Wallace, 1894-1896; and Gem, 1896-1901. She is reputed to have invested most of her income in the Hercules Mine. When the Hercules struck ore in 1901, the Days and a small group of investors became extremely wealthy. Because she was a person of sound business judgment, her brothers often sought her counsel in business matters.