BUTTE  , the largest See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• MONTANA

Montana, U.S.A., and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• SILVER

Silver See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

Bow county . It is'situated in the valley of See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

Deer See also:

• LODGE
• LODGE, EDMUND (1756-1839)
• LODGE, H
• LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1850– )
• LODGE, SIR OLIVER JOSEPH (1851– )
• LODGE, THOMAS (c. 1558–1625)

Lodge See also:

• RIVER

river, near its See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of about 5700 ft . Pop . (1880) 3363; (1890) 10,723; (1900) 30,470, of whom 10,210 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, including 2474 Irish, 1518 See also:

• ENGLISH

English-Canadians, and 1505 English; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 39,165 . It is served by the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern, the Northern Pacific, the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & See also:

• PUGET, PIERRE (1622-1694)

Puget See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound, the Butte, See also:

• ANACONDA

Anaconda & Pacific, and the See also:

• OREGON

Oregon See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short See also:

• LINE

Line See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Popularly the name " Butte " is applied to an See also:

• AREA

area which embraces the city, See also:

• CENTERVILLE

Centerville, Walkerville, See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Butte, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Butte and See also:

• WILLIAMSBURG

Williamsburg . These together See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form one large and more or less compact city . Butte lies in the centre of the greatest See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper-See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the See also:

• WORLD

world; the surrounding hills are See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey-combed with mines, and some mines are in the very See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart of the city itself . The best known of the copper mines is the Anaconda . The See also:

• ANNUAL

annual output of copper from the Butte district almost equals that from all the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country together; the annual value of copper, See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and silver aggregates more than $6o,000,000 . Although mining and its allied See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries of See also:

• QUARTZ

quartz crushing and smelting dominate all other industries in the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, there are also foundries and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine shops, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

• WORKS

works, See also:

• TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile factories, breweries and extensive planing See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills . See also:

• ELECTRICITY

Electricity, used in the mines particularly, is brought to Butte from See also:

• CANON

Canon See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

Ferry, 75 M. to the N.; from the plant, also on the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri river, of the See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

Power Transmission See also:

• COMPANY

Company, which has a great See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• DAM

dam 85 ft. high and 63o ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long across the river, and a 6000-h.p. substation in Butte; and from the plant of the See also:

• MADISON
• MADISON, JAMES (1751–1836)

Madison River Power Company, on Madison river 72 m .

S.E. of See also:

• NORRIS
• NORRIS, FRANK (1870—1902)
• NORRIS, HENRY NORRIS
• NORRIS, JOHN (1657-1711)
• NORRIS, SIR JOHN (c. 1547-1597)
• NORRIS, WILLIAM EDWARD (1847– )

Norris, whence power is also transmitted to Bozeman and See also:

• BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade, See also:

• GALLATIN, ALBERT (1761-1849)

Gallatin county, to See also:

• RUBY (Lat. rubeus, red)

Ruby, Madison county, and to the See also:

• GREENE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1811-1883)
• GREENE, MAURICE (1695-1755)
• GREENE, NATHANAEL (1742-1786)
• GREENE, ROBERT (c. 1560-1592)

Greene-See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell mine near See also:

• WHITEHALL

Whitehall, See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson county . In 19ro Butte had only one large smelter, and the See also:

• SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

smoke See also:

• NUISANCE (through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, to hurt)

nuisance was thus See also:

• ABATED

abated . The city is the seat of the Montana School of Mines (1900), and has a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial school, a high school and a public library (rebuilt in 1906 after a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire) with more than 32,000 volumes . The city See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, Federal See also:

• BUILDING

building and Silver Bow county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house are among the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings . Butte was first settled as a placer mining See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp in 1864 . It was platted in 1866; its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 187o was only 241, and for many years its growth was slow . Prosperity came, however, with the introduction of quartz mining in 1875, and in 1879 a city See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was granted . In the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade from 1890 to 1900 Butte's increase in population was 184.2% .