At the turn-of-the-century, Butte was one of the largest
cities west of the Mississippi. Today, Butte's colorful
history can be seen in its ethnic neighborhoods,
preserved Victorian uptown business district and stately
mansions. Located virtually on the Continental Divide,
surrounded by mountains, the Mile High City lies on
some of the world's richest mineral reserves. The
outlying area features numerous ghost towns and abandoned
mines.
More Butte Info and Map > |
~CREDITS~
Features: The Last
Ride, Runaway Train, Thousand Pieces of Gold, Don't Come Knocking, Love Comes to the Executioner. Television: History Channel, Court
TV, E! TV, In A Minute, Inside Edition, Nickelodeon, PBS, Return To Lonesome
Dove, Route 66, World's Most Amazing Videos, You Asked
For It, T-rex: A Dinosaur in Hollywood. Commercials: AT&T Wireless, ARCO, Fleishman Hillard, Ford, McDonald's,
Persil Laundry Detergent, State Farm, Wal-Mart. Still Shoots:
Benetton, Chevy, Marlboro Clothing, Minolta, Woman's World Magazine.
Documentaries: What a Home Means to Me, Beara to Butte, Dumas Brothel, Evel Knievel,
Irish in America, Nobody's Girls. Videos: Alarm music
video
|
~ACCOMMOCATIONS~
13 hotels/motels, with 1287 rooms
81 restaurants
|
~CITY OFFICIALS~
Chief Executive (406)497-6220 Courthouse (406)497-6200
|
~MEDIA~
Newspapers: Montana
Standard (406)496-5500 Butte Weekly (406)782-3820
Rountown Review (406)782-4100 Radio:
KBOW/KOPR (406)494-7777
KXTL/KMBR-KAAR(406)494-4442 Television:
KXLF (406)496-8400
KTVM (406)494-7603 KWYB (406)782-7185
|
~SAFETY AND SECURITY~
Fire
Department (406)782-4224 Highway Patrol (406)494-3233
Sheriff (406)782-4224 |
|
~SPECIAL
LOCATIONS~
Anselmo Mine Yard, Berkeley
Pit, Butte-Silverbow Arts Chateau, Copper King Mansion, Courthouse, Dumas
Brothel Museum, Mai Weh (Chinese Artifacts), Our Lady of the Rockies, World
Museum of Mining & 1899 Mining Camp, Montana Tech of the University
of Montana, Masonic Temple, St. Lawrence O'Toole Church, Piccadilly Museum
of Transportation, High Altitude Sports Center (speed skating and hockey), St. Lawerence Church,
Piccadilly Museum of Transportation
|
~AIRPORT~
Bert Mooney Airport (406)494-3771
|
~FAIRGROUNDS~
Butte Vigilante Rodeo Grounds
(406)494-3002
|
~HISTORY/MUSEUMS~
Arts Chateau (406)723-7600
Butte Historical Society (406)782-9267 Butte-Silver
Bow Public Archives
(406)497-6226
Copper King Mansion (406)782-7580
Mineral Museum at Montana
Tech
(406) 496-4414
World Museum of Mining (406)723-7211
|
~PUBLIC LANDS~
BLM (406)533-7600
Beaverhead-Deerlodge Nat'l Forest
(406)683-3900 Lewis and Clark Caverns (406)287-3541
State Parks-Region 3 (406)994-4042
|
~UTILITIES~
Power: Northwestern Energy (888)467-2669
Telephone: Qwest (800)603-6000 |
|
|
|