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2. Butte, Montana - Wikipedia

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   Butte ( / bjuːt / BEWT) is a consolidated city-county and the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers 718 square miles (1,860 km 2 ), and, according to the 2020 census, has a population of 34,494, making it ...

3. Our Lady of the Rockies - Wikipedia

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   December 17, 1985. Dedicated to. Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady of the Rockies is a 90-foot (27 m) statue built in the likeness of Mary, the mother of Jesus, that sits atop the Continental Divide overlooking Butte, Montana, United States. It is the fourth-tallest statue in the United States after Birth of the New World, the Statue of Liberty ...

4. craigslist - Wikipedia

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   Craigslist Inc. Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company [5] operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.

5. History of Butte, Montana - Wikipedia

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   History of Butte, Montana. Original Butte courthouse, 1885. A headframe overlooking Butte. Butte is a city in southwestern Montana established as a mining camp in the 1860s in the northern Rocky Mountains straddling the Continental Divide. Butte became a hotbed for silver and gold mining in its early stages, and grew exponentially upon the ...

6. Berkeley Pit - Wikipedia

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   The city of Butte is at lower right. / 46.02; -112.51. The Berkeley Pit is a former open pit copper mine in the western United States, located in Butte, Montana. It is one mile (1.6 km) long by one-half mile (800 m) wide, with an approximate depth of 1,780 feet (540 m). It is filled to a depth of about 900 feet (270 m) with water that is acidic ...

7. The Montana Standard - Wikipedia

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   History. On September 12, 1928 the Anaconda Standard merged with Butte Miner to form The Montana Standard. [3] At the time it was owned by the Anaconda Company. [4] In 1959, It was sold to Lee Enterprises. [4] In 1971, under the leadership of Betty Danfield, the paper's women's section won the Penney-Missouri Award for General Excellence. [5]

8. Columbia Gardens (amusement park) - Wikipedia

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   Columbia Gardens (amusement park) / 46.0065933; -112.4641851. The Columbia Gardens (1899–1973) was an amusement park in Butte, Montana, established by copper king William A. Clark and later owned and maintained by Anaconda Copper. During its 74 years of operation, it was the only major amusement park in the entire state.

9. Venus Alley, Butte - Wikipedia

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   Venus Alley, Butte. Coordinates: 46°00′42″N 112°32′02″W. Venus Alley (also known as Whore, Pleasant and Piss Alley) [1] was a famous red-light district once located in Butte, Montana in the United States. [2] It flourished from the late 19th century through the early 20th century and was one of the last openly tolerated urban ...