Battle for Butte: Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864-1906 (The Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography) by Michael P. Malone - 1982-01

The Battle for Butte: Mining and politics on the northern frontier, 1864-1906The Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series in Western History and Biographyby Michael P MalonePublisher: University of Washington Press, 1981ISBN is 9780295958378 / 0295958375Hardcover6.2 x 9.2 inches, 281 pagesSince it was first published in 1981, "The Battle for Butte" has remained the most sophisticated account of the events in Butte and the best treatment of the influence of copper in the political history of Montana."---------------------Disputes between miners' unions and companies continued through the 1920s and 1930s in Butte, with several strikes and protests, one of which lasted for ten months in 1921. On New Year's Eve 1922, protestors attempted to detonate the Hibernian Hall on Main Street with dynamite.Further industrial expansions included the arrival of the first mail plane in the city in 1928, and in 1937, the city's streetcar system was dismantled and replaced with bus lines. After the 1920s, the ACM… Read More

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