| Butte-Anaconda Historical Park System Master Plan |
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Butte |
MT |
Proposal for a park system to preserve and interpret the physical remnants of mining and smelting, and the laborers of the early industrial age on the frontier. |
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| Little, Frank, Gravesite |
Mountainview Cemetery, Harrison Avenue |
Butte |
MT |
Marks the grave of Frank Little, who after organizing a strike of metal miners against the Anaconda Company on August 1, 1917, was dragged by 6 masked men from his Butte hotel room and hung at the Milwaukee Railroad trestle. |
See: Speculator Mine Monument |
| Speculator Mine Monument |
Mountain View Cemetery on Harrison Avenue |
Butte |
MT |
Honors the 164 to 190 workers killed on June 8, 1917 at Speculator Mine. These non-unionized workers were "roasted to death" 2400 feet underground. 3 days later, unionizing efforts were undertaken by 10,000-20,000 Butte miners. |
see: Little, Frank, Monument |
