Butte, MT - Driving Tour 4K

Butte is the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers 718 square miles (1,860 km2), and, according to the 2010 census, has a population of 33,503, making it Montana's fifth largest city. It is served by Bert Mooney Airport with airport code BTM.
Established in 1864 as a mining camp in the northern Rocky Mountains on the Continental Divide, Butte experienced rapid development in the late-nineteenth century, and was Montana's first major industrial city. In its heyday between the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, it was one of the largest copper boomtowns in the American West. Employment opportunities in the mines attracted surges of Asian and European immigrants, particularly the Irish;[6] as of 2017, Butte has the largest population of Irish Americans per capita of any city in the United States.
Butte was also the site of various historical events involving its mining industry and active labor unions and Socialist politics, the most famous of which was the labor riot of 1914. Despite the dominance of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Butte was never a company town. Other major events in the city's history include the 1917 Speculator Mine disaster, the largest hard rock mining disaster in world history.
Over the course of its history, Butte's mining and smelting operations generated in excess of $48 billion worth of ore, but also resulted in numerous environmental implications for the city: The upper Clark Fork River, with headwaters at Butte, is the largest Superfund site in the United States, and the city is also home to the Berkeley Pit. In the late-twentieth century, cleanup efforts from the EPA were instated, and the Butte Citizens Technical Environmental Committee was established in 1984. In the 21st century, efforts at interpreting and preserving Butte's heritage are addressing both the town's historical significance and the continuing importance of mining to its economy and culture. The city's Uptown Historic District, on the National Register of Historic Places, is one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States, containing nearly 6,000 contributing properties. The city is also home to Montana Technological University, a public engineering and technical university.
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[@alexeydyfort545]

I lived here when I was younger for a good portion of my life between the ages of I would say five and 12 approximately, and you practically drove by my home really brought back a lot of memories, and mixed emotions but feels really good to revisit

[@cat-ej2pn]

Love this! Thanks for posting.

[@gogosylvia293]

This is lovely, thank you for the tour :-)

[@Brooksorganic]

Wow great video. I love the quality of the video.

[@joes0406]

Dusk and dark is a nice time to drive through... I happened to be on a trip on I-90 when I came through

[@aprilc4285]

I love it.

[@jeffXedge]

man i lived here when i was a kid in the late 90s. bigger chain stores but still almost the exact same. i hated that place but there's still a lot of nostalgia and friends lost in time from there.

[@umbertociambelli6414]

Rip.... Compagno.... FRANK LITTLE....

[@TPOTfan406]

4:41 if you look to your left you can see front street station

[@MarkPemble]

Just realized there are two Starbucks locations within a few blocks of each other.

[@kidneykid77]

RIP M&M

[@MyJuicyTv]

My son went to school in Montana tech

[@ParkerSaint]

That’s where I want to go to school too

[@hoopty.]

Are there any good jobs in Butte Mt

[@danchristiaens5641]

I drive there every day

[@Ram-re5em]

Do you have a living relic living in Butte Montana his name is Richard Guza you should look them up he can tell you that all the history of Butte Montana he’s lived there for 50 years born and raised in Great Falls. Big farming family Richard Guza to run combines tractors 18 wheelers Richard Guse Butte Montana he’s in the phonebook

[@JonathanAllen0379]

When was this originally recorded?

[@paulietteburnett7270]

Princess Lavengra
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[@Ram-re5em]

For all your GOP needs call Richard Guza Butte MT.

[@dannelson4209]

Is Butte mostly Liberal Catholics? or what is the diversity?

[@juicepick7131]

Atheist meth addicts 47% Protestant potheads 53%

[@ChatGPT1111]

Who cares? People are people.

[@lindseysilveira7146]

i live there and nothing is cap

[@MrPolandball]

Is it just or me or the city just looks pretty depressing for me