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	Butte, Montana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Butte started as an outpost in a network of centers used by Chinese who came to mine gold and stayed to work on the railroads and start businesses.
		The Butte Archives were established in 1981 by the Butte Historical Society and the Butte-Silver Bow Government to be repository of government documents.
		Butte has been recognized as a national Historic Landmark District by the U.S. Dept of the Interior; it is one of the largest districts in the nation with 4,500 buildings, second only to Lowell, Massachusetts.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/butte.htm (1188 words)

	Butte, Montana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Butte started as an outpost in a network of centers used by Chinese who came to mine gold and stayed to work on the railroads and start businesses.
		The Butte Archives were established in 1981 by the Butte Historical Society and the Butte-Silver Bow Government to be repository of government documents.
		Butte has been recognized as a national Historic Landmark District by the U.S. Dept of the Interior; it is one of the largest districts in the nation with 4,500 buildings, second only to Lowell, Massachusetts.
	hometown.aol.com /Gibson0817/butte.htm (1188 words)

	Butte, Montana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Butte is a city that is in Silver Bow County, Montana and is the county seat.
		As of the 2000 census, Butte population was 33,892.
		Butte has been a mining town since its creation in the late 19th century, and at first only gold and silver were mined in the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Butte,_Montana (1776 words)

	Butte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		By 1900, the Butte Hill and its huge copper deposits were known as "the richest hill on earth." In fact, at the turn of the century, Butte was one of the largest cities west of the Mississippi.
		Today, Butte is a city in transition to a more diversified economy, including energy research, medicine, tourism, environmental technology and, in the future, manufacturing of computer parts.
		Butte has often been referred to as "the richest hill on earth," and you'll see that it's not only rich in material wealth, but in history as well.
	visitmt.com /categories/city.asp?SiteID=1&City=Butte (777 words)

	Butte
		By 1900, the Butte Hill and its huge copper deposits were known as "the richest hill on earth." In fact, at the turn of the century, Butte was one of the largest cities west of the Mississippi.
		Today, Butte is a city in transition to a more diversified economy, including energy research, medicine, tourism, environmental technology and, in the future, manufacturing of computer parts.
		Butte has often been referred to as "the richest hill on earth," and you'll see that it's not only rich in material wealth, but in history as well.
	www.visitmt.com /categories/city.asp?SiteID=1&City=Butte (777 words)

	Butte, MT Travel Guide : The Online Guide to Butte, Montana
		And, if this staggering reduction in population isn’t enough, Butte, due to its mining past, is unlucky enough to now sit in the largest Superfund Cleanup Site in the United States –; the legacy of more than 100 years of mining that paid scant attention to environmental concerns during the time.
		Butte is also one of only two cities to be recognized as a National Historic Landmark (the other is Lowell, MA) – with more than 4000 historic buildings of one kind or another.
		Butte is literally teeming full of historic buildings – and makes other “restored” historic towns seem rather lame in comparison.
	www.bigskyfishing.com /Montana-Info/butte_mt.shtm (382 words)

	.:: The Montana Standard ::.
		Butte woman OK after college campus shootings A Butte woman attending Virginia Tech is safe following Monday morning’s shootings on that campus.
		BHS thinclads sweep Capital There were some positive developments noted in the Butte High-Helena Capital track meet Tuesday at Bulldog Memorial Stadium.
		Butte man pleads not guilty to murder (28)
	www.montanastandard.com (467 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Butte, America
		By the time the 1920s began, Butte was the biggest and wealthiest city in a vast region stretching from Minnesota on the east and Spokane on the west and Salt Lake City on the south, the center of politics, culture, and finance for the entire inland Northwest.
		Butte had the nation’s first electrified train and the first labor union west of the Mississippi River, and World War I raised it even higher: Every rifle cartridge fired in the war contained an ounce of pure copper, and 1917 was Butte’s high-water mark.
		Butte was the battlefield where one of the world’s biggest corporations took on one of the world’s toughest unions.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1997/2/1997_2_57.shtml (3637 words)

	Butte, Montana - Towns and communities of the Montana Wilderness Loop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Butte began as a collection of small mining claims, becoming a large and booming mining center during the early 1900s.
		Butte has been described as "The Richest Hill on Earth" for over 100 years due to the vast wealth of valuable ores lying beneath the surface.
		Today, Butte is a city in transition to a more diversified economy, including energy research, education, medicine, transportation, tourism and environmental technology.
	www.montanaadventure.com /butte.htm (444 words)

	Butte History : A Short History of Butte, Montana
		Following this disaster, the Butte city council passed a law that required all new buildings downtown (known as "uptown Butte") to be built from brick or stone – most of which still stand today and what help make Butte such a historic and unique city.
		Indeed, it is estimated that Butte supplied around 1/3 of the copper for the United States in the late 1800’s and the early part of the 1900’s.
		During the 1930’s and 40’s, Butte continued to pour out tons of copper every day, although the Great Depression of the 1930’s led to less demand for the minerals and led to a resulting decline in population.
	www.bigskyfishing.com /Montana-Info/butte_mt-2.shtm (886 words)

	Butte, Montana - Travel and Vacation Info
		Once Montana's largest city, Butte was the United States single largest source of silver until the late 1800's and the largest source of copper in the US until the 1930's.
		Butte's lavish mining past is plainly evident in the prominent architecture of the homes and business district of its downtown area.
		Located just a few miles from the intersection of Interstates 15 and 90, Butte has convenient lodging and good restaurants, and serves as a good home base city for side trips to interesting historic and recreational areas around southwestern Montana.
	www.go-montana.com /Butte (561 words)

	Butte, Montana
		Butte’s history is revealed in its skyline, the omnipresent fl steel headframes, and the gaping hole in the earth known as Berkeley Pit.
		These are two of the more vivid reminders of a town that started as a mining camp and grew to a city of over 100,000 by 1917.
		At an altitude of 5,775 feet above sea level, Butte claimed it was “a mile high and a mile deep.” But like most mining camps, the riches extracted here—more than $22 billion by the 1980s—went to the speculators and investors far away from the mountains of Montana.
	www.ultimatemontana.com /sectionpages/Section6/Butte/butte.html (994 words)

	Montana Standard Webcam with Day at a Glance
		At the end of the decade three critical elements came together: Butte miners struck the richest deposit of copper ever found; advanced smelting technology made it profitable to extract the copper and other metals; and railroads reached Butte to cut the cost of transportation to eastern manufacturers.
		Butte was visited by dignitaries such as presidents Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, and famous entertainers like Charlie Chaplin and Ethel Barrymore.
		Evidence of Butte's history is apparent, from the head frames marking old mine shafts, to elaborate 19th century churches, to the last of the old stamp mills.
	www.oiccam.com /webcams/mtstandard (512 words)

	Butte travel guide - Wikitravel
		Butte is one of the major towns in Montana.
		Butte is located right along I-90 between Deer Lodge and Whitehall, and also at the intersection with the I-15 highway.
		Butte is known for the food of its minning heritage.
	wikitravel.org /en/Butte (501 words)

	Travel to Butte Montana : Review from the Lost Luggage Tales
		Butte, Montana is located midway between Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, just a couple of hours from each.
		In 1900 Butte had 160 mines in operation the remnants of which today are twelve head frames and 10,000 miles of tunnels under the city and one of the worlds largest truck operated open pit mines on the city's east side.
		The 1923 Butte Business College catalog boasted "45 miles of electric street railways, which carry 17,000,000 passengers per year, 9,500 telephones, 42 churches, 25 public schools, 7 parochial schools, and the largest business college in the northwest." Impressive considering the city is only 4 miles from edge to edge.
	www.lostluggagetales.com /reviews/montana-butte.shtml (469 words)

	Butte CPR - Historic Properties Sold in Butte, Montana
		This project has been supported by Montana Tech professors Don and Andrea Stierle for more than seven years, and its development will be the top priority of Mr.
		Butte CPR recently boarded up the back and north side windows because people had been entering the building.
		The exterior brick bearing walls of the upper two floors are three bricks (12 inches) thick with a high-fired hard face brick on the primary north and east facades.
	www.buttecpr.org /sold.htm (1742 words)

	Mainstreet Uptown Butte \|\| Rejuvenating Uptown Butte, Montana
		In the process, the wealth generated by mining and refining earned Butte, Montana the name "The Richest Hill on Earth." For many reasons unrelated to mining, Butte, Montana remains the Richest Hill on Earth.
		Butte, Montana is rich in history, art and culture in the midst of one of the most beautiful areas of Southwest Montana.
		Today, Butte, Montana is home to one of the nation's largest National Historic Landmark Districts, with over 4,000 historic structures scattered across the Hill.
	www.mainstreetbutte.org (731 words)

	Butte, MT News
		Butte, Montana - circa early '70s W hile I'm saying this is a Woolworth store at the Butte Plaza Mall, the postcard doesn't actually say this is Butte Plaza Mall, only that it's in Butte, and is on Harrison...
		Butte's mentally ill pose challenge for caretakers By John Grant Emeigh of The Montana Standard - 10/29/2006 Butte office director of the Western Montana Mental Health Center Jodi Martz and executive director...
		By Leslie McCartney of The Montana Standard - 10/28/2006 A tradition at Butte Central Elementary School is that the fourth-graders use pumpkins to portray their favorite Catholic saints.
	www.topix.net /city/butte-mt (689 words)

	Butte, Montana
		Butte, Montana, in Big Horn county, is 64 miles SE of Billings, Montana and 393 miles N of Denver, Colorado.
		Butte is a wonderful place to raise children and it is a town full of rich history and a bright future!
		Butte, Montana is a fun-filled place that most everyone knows because of it's St. Patrick's day celebrations.
	www.citytowninfo.com /places/montana/butte (261 words)

	Chamber Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Butte, we're proud of our history, arts and cultural life.
		In fact, much of Butte's Uptown is on the National Historic Landmark Register.
		Here are a few stops that will give you a taste of Butte's halcyon era.
	www.butteinfo.org /tourist/museums.html (357 words)

	WELCOME TO BUTTE MONTANA
		A year later, in 1889, Montana was admitted to the union and Clark repaid Daly by throwing his entire resources into defeating Daly's pet project into making Anaconda(a city about 26 miles from Butte) the capital of the state.
		The vote in Butte and Silver Bow county was close, but late that evening as the returns trickled in, the Daly democratic legislative ticket was leading with a slight lead over Clark-Republican slate and the Dublin Gulch precinct, a conceded Daly stronghold, was yet to be heard from.
		Clancy had come to Butte from Missouri.It was to Daly that he owed his judgeship, an act Daly would regret later on.
	www.thedumasbrothel.com /butte2.html (4644 words)

	Jobs for Butte: The Newsletter of the Butte Local Development Corporation in Butte, Montana
		The decision to move to Butte is the result of active discussions with the BLDC for the last six months.
		Butte was attractive because of its existing telecommunications infrastructure, the active interest of the community in enhancing Butte for high tech companies, and the existence of BLDC loan funds which were part of a $300,000 low-interest loan package for the company's expansion.
		Montana Power is the largest employer in Butte with 930 employees in Butte before the announcement of the divestiture and the divestiture of the power generating assets last year.
	www.buttemontana.org /Newsletters/Sept2000.htm (2102 words)

	Butte, Montana Mineralogical Record - Find Articles
		Butte's first miners' union, the Butte Working Men's Union, was founded in 1878, as described in the "biography" for the Lexington mine.
		Even though organized labor in Butte had held considerable sway before 1914, its effectiveness was seriously diminished by infighting among the various unions and their factions, made worse by ACM efforts to infiltrate and instigate controversy among them.
		Butte miners continued to labor under these oppressive conditions until the Granite Mountain disaster, nearly three years later (Kearney, 1998).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3672/is_200201/ai_n9053828/pg_15 (566 words)

	Remembering Butte's Chinatown
		The spirit of Butte's Chinatown hides in the shadows of China Alley, the narrow two-block passageway running from Galena Street to Silver Street that was once the center of the bustling neighborhood.
		The decline of Butte's Chinatown that began in 1895 continued steadily for the next four decades as residents left to seek their fortunes in San Francisco and other cities where Chinatowns still flourished.
		From Montana The Magazine of Western History, Volume 54 Number 2(Summer 2004), 67-69; this article is presented courtesy of the Montana Historical Society.
	visitmt.com /history/Montana_the_Magazine_of_Western_History/spring_summer04/buttechinatown.htm (1058 words)

	Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Mineral Museum
		Prize specimens in our Montana collection include the Highland Centennial Gold Nugget, (27.475 troy ounces),which was donated to the Museum for permanent display.
		The nugget was recovered in September 1989 from a placer mine south of Butte.
		One is the exhibit of minerals from Butte and the other is a display of some of the wide variety of minerals found in Montana.
	www.mbmg.mtech.edu /museum.htm (311 words)

	National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)
		Anaconda, Butte’s "sister city," was an integral component of the copper district.
		Butte is being studied for its associations with national labor history; this may result in an expansion of the national historic landmark district.
		A survey for this project showed that while a majority of the national historic landmark retains integrity, many buildings have been demolished, are in need of rehabilitation, or are threatened by the expansion of modern building complexes and parking areas.
	tps.cr.nps.gov /nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=306&ResourceType=District (709 words)

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