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|  Anaconda Smelter Stack - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries When the final brick was mortared into place on November 30, 1918, this smokestack stood 585.56 feet in height, the tallest in the world at the time. It narrowly escaped demolition with the rest of the Anaconda Smelter in 1980. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 05/01/2014 last visited: 09/05/2018 |
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|  Club Moderne - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries One of the very few Art Deco buildings in Anaconda, Club Moderne opened in 1937 to a large and appreciative crowd. It remains, 77 years later, a lively and popular bar and lounge. The club retains its original art deco flavour. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 05/01/2014 last visited: 09/26/2022 |
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|  Barich Block - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries Built in 1892, the Barich Block was designed by architects Dwyer & Cosgrove for George Barich, an Austrian immigrant and Anaconda pioneer. It is one of twelve buildings of primary significance in the historic district. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/07/2022 last visited: never |
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|  City Hall - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries In the hope that Anaconda would soon become Montana's capital, the powers that be at the time furnished the city with a rather ambitious City Hall. Completed in 1896, though it no longer serves as Anaconda's City Hall, it remains a city landmark. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/07/2022 last visited: 09/28/2022 |
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|  Anaconda Commercial Historic District - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries The Anaconda Commercial District comprises the centre of the city, containing most of the historic commercial buildings erected in the first years of Anaconda's life. Many of them remain, some in excellent condition and some much less so. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/07/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Washoe Theater - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries If any vintage theatre deserves to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places it is this one. Opened in 1936 after a depression-caused delay of six years, it remains one of the best preserved vintage Art Deco theatres in the country. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 05/04/2014 last visited: never |
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|  KANA Radio 580 AM - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries KANA radio is right on Main Street, in the heart of the action, what there is of it, at least, in Downtown Anaconda. It is immediately south of the large brick "Electric Light Building", now a National Historic Place, on the east side of the street. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/12/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Anaconda, Montana
in Wikipedia Entries Anaconda is a city built by one man, Marcus Daly, an Irish-born American known as one of the three "Copper Kings" of Montana. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 12/12/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Deer Lodge County Courthouse - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries For a very small county, this is really quite a grand courthouse. Built in 1898, its exterior is 100 percent stone, topped with a copper dome on its tall bell tower. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/07/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Butte–Anaconda Historic District
in Wikipedia Entries This Historic District, listed in 1961 only in Butte, was expanded in 2006 to include Walkerville and Anaconda. This made it the largest Historic District in the country in terms of number of contributing properties, which totals 6,013. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 05/04/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Historic District - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries Chartered with the grandiose name of the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway, the closest the railway ever got to the Pacific was 26 miles down the line from its beginning in Butte, at Anaconda. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/07/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Butte Anaconda & Pacific Railway - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries The BA&P was incorporated October 1, 1892, and began hauling copper ore from the mines at Butte to the smelter at Anaconda by the close of 1893. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/14/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Anaconda Saddle Club - Anaconda, MT
in Wikipedia Entries Somewhat a latter day venue, the Anaconda Saddle Club, founded in 1944, is a rebirth of the racetrack originally begun by Marcus Daly in 1888. Originally built with a racetrack, it was later redone into a rodeo arena with grandstands and chutes. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/07/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Montana State Hospital - Warm Springs, MT
in Wikipedia Entries This hospital for those with addictive and mental disorders was begun in 1877 and continues today as the Warm Springs State Hospital. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 12/20/2014 last visited: never |
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|  World Museum of Mining - Butte, MT
in Wikipedia Entries A mostly outdoor museum, the World Museum of Mining, as well as typical museum fare, offers tours of an underground copper mine. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 10/30/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Copper King Mansion - Butte, MT
in Wikipedia Entries Built at a cost of $260,000, the W.A. Clark Mansion required four full years to complete. The mansion would soon become the home of one of the richest men in the world. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 08/25/2017 last visited: 08/21/2019 |
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|  St. John's Episcopal Church - Butte, MT
in Wikipedia Entries In part the oldest standing church in Butte, St. John's was built in 1881, restored in 1921, the chancel enlarged and the chapel added in 1936. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/17/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Mansfield Federal Building and United States Courthouse - Butte, MT
in Wikipedia Entries Dedicated in in December of 1904, the Federal Building initially housed federal courts and Butte's main post office. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 08/28/2017 last visited: never |
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|  Dumas Brothel - Butte, MT
in Wikipedia Entries Today euphemistically known as the Dumas Hotel, this was the longest operating bordello in the country, open for business for no less than 92 years. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 08/29/2017 last visited: never |
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|  Montana State Prison - Deer Lodge, MT
in Wikipedia Entries Opened on July 2, 1871, the Montana State Prison at Deer Lodge housed its fair share of criminal types in the century plus that it was operational. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 11/04/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Matt's Place Drive-In - Butte, MT
in Wikipedia Entries Montana's oldest Drive-In, Matt's Place got its start in an old mining shack on the south side of Butte. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/09/2018 last visited: 09/24/2022 |
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|  College of Montana - Deer Lodge, MT
in Wikipedia Entries Constructed in 1878, Trask Hall was the first building of Montana's first postsecondary school. It was later renamed after benefactor Alanson Trask. Closed in 1900, the school reopened in 1906 and closed forever in 1917. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 05/18/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Rialto Theater (Deer Lodge, Montana)
in Wikipedia Entries 1921 theater which had been beautifully restored, then was tragically gutted by a fire in 2006. posted by: linkys location: Montana date approved: 11/11/2009 last visited: never |
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|  Berkeley Pit - Butte, MT
in Wikipedia Entries One mile long by half a mile wide and 1,780 feet deep, Berkeley Pit is one of the largest Superfund sites in Montana. Coordinates are for the reception/gift show visitor center. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/28/2018 last visited: 07/18/2023 |
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|  Deer Lodge, Montana
in Wikipedia Entries Begun as a shack town in 1862, Deer Lodge's major claim to fame is likely that of being the site of the Montana State Prison, the original opening on July 2, 1871 and closing in 1979. A new prison was built a few miles west of Deer Lodge. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 12/12/2016 last visited: never |
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