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|   TALLEST - Brick Smokestack in the World - Anaconda, MT
in Superlatives 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: 05/02/2014 last visited: 09/28/2022 |
 view galleryS0 km |  Anaconda Co. Smelter - Anaconda, MT
in Super Fund Sites Anaconda Stack State Park is on the far eastern edge of the city of Anaconda, an extension of Fourth Street East. From the park one may get an overview of the Super Fund site. posted by: Tante.Hossi location: Montana date approved: 12/18/2016 last visited: 09/28/2022 |
 view galleryS0 km |  Anaconda Copper Mining Company Smoke Stack - Anaconda, MT
in Satellite Imagery Oddities 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: 02/12/2016 last visited: 09/28/2022 |
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| OLDEST - Wood Frame Church in Anaconda in Superlatives This little wood frame church was originally built by Swedish Lutheran Dissenters in 1899. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 10/19/2014 last visited: 09/28/2022 |
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|  Copper Village Museum - Anaconda, MT
in Ghosts and Hauntings 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: 10/23/2018 last visited: 09/28/2022 |
 view galleryNW1.6 km | OLDEST - Ancient Order of Hibernians Division in Montana in Superlatives This is the second AOH hall in Anaconda, the first, one block east, having burned in 1979. At that time the Hibernians took over this 1940s building. Apparently this building was built in two stages, the first in about 1915. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 01/27/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryW1.8 km | LARGEST - National Historic Landmark District - Butte-Anaconda Historic District in Superlatives 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: 05/03/2014 last visited: 09/28/2022 |
 view galleryNW2.6 km | OLDEST - Fish Hatchery in Montana - Anaconda, MT in Superlatives Montana's first and oldest state run fish hatchery was built in Washoe Park in 1907 and continues in operation to this day. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 07/15/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW2.7 km | OLDEST - Park in Anaconda, MT in Superlatives Washoe Park, Anaconda's oldest park, is on the north side of the city, on West Pennsylvania Street. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 07/15/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW2.9 km | OLDEST - Structure in Anaconda Area - Anaconda, MT in Superlatives This old log cabin was built in about 1865 by Alexander Glover, the first settler in the area, and was the first structure built in the Anaconda area. Amazingly, it survives to this day. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 04/30/2014 last visited: never |
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| World Museum of Mining - Butte, MT in Ghosts and Hauntings 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 |
 view gallerySE31.5 km | OLDEST - Museum in Butte, Montana in Superlatives On the campus of Montana Tech the MBMG Mineral Museum is the oldest of several museums in Butte. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 10/30/2018 last visited: never |
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| Copper King Mansion - Butte, MT in Ghosts and Hauntings 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 |
 view galleryE32.5 km | OLDEST - Synagogue in Montana Still In Use in Superlatives This two toned temple shows but two colours: bright red painted brick and bright white painted sills, keystones and pilaster capitals and bases. Built at a cost of $25,000, the synagogue was dedicated February 26, 1904. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 07/03/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryE32.5 km | OLDEST - Church in Butte, MT in Superlatives 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: 07/03/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryE32.7 km | Silver Bow County Courthouse - Butte, MT in Ghosts and Hauntings This beautiful Beaux Arts courthouse was dedicated in 1912, construction having begun in 1910. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 08/22/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryE32.7 km | Quartz Street Fire Station - Butte, MT in Ghosts and Hauntings Built in 1900, this was Station #1, headquarters for the Butte Fire Department for three quarters of a century. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 08/28/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryE32.7 km | Original City Hall - Butte, MT in Ghosts and Hauntings A relatively small brick building squeezed between a couple of larger neighbours, most who pass by would never become aware of this building's history or its historical value. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 08/22/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryE32.8 km | Club 13 - Butte, MT in Ghosts and Hauntings A "watering hole" favoured by locals for over 125 years, what is know known as "Club 13", for a while at least, continued that long and honoured tradition. Possibly the building's "ghosts in residence" have scared the owners away... posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 08/25/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryE32.8 km | Curtis Music Hall - Butte, MT in Satellite Imagery Oddities Though it's one of the more notable nineteenth century buildings in downtown Butte, the designer of the Curtis Music Hall is today unknown. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/06/2018 last visited: never |
 view galleryE32.8 km | OLDEST - Skyscraper in Montana in Superlatives Montana's first skyscraper, the Hirbour Block was only the second skyscraper to be built west of Minneapolis and St. Louis. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 02/09/2018 last visited: never |
 view galleryE33.2 km | Dumas Hotel - Butte, MT in Ghosts and Hauntings 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: 10/27/2018 last visited: never |
 view galleryE33.2 km | LONGEST RUNNING - Bordello in the U.S. in Superlatives 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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|  Transformer - Deer Lodge, Montana
in Themed Homemade Mailboxes This unique theme mailbox is on Eastside Road about 650 meters south off Conley Avenue. From Hwy. 90 turn east on Conley Avenue go about 500 meters and turn south on Eastside Road. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 09/26/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE33.5 km | Old Montana State Prison - Deer Lodge, MT in Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted or not, it should surprise few to learn that the Old Montana State Prison may be haunted. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 09/11/2016 last visited: never |
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