ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUTTE
From French, from Old French bute mound behind a target, from but target.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUTTE»
Discover the use of
butte in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
butte and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Through the stories of these structures, lost to the march of time and urban renewal, historian Richard Gibson recalls the boom and bust of Butte, Montana, once a mining metropolis, now the largest National Historic Landmark District.
Also shown here is Butte's early adoption of innovative ideas and technologies, a practice that kept the city thriving despite the vagaries of the mining industry.
Ellen Crain, Lee Whitney, 2009
Nicknamed "The Richest Hill on Earth," Butte was once among the world's largest copper producers and a thriving industrial metropolis in the undeveloped west.
Matt Vincent, Chad Okrusch, 2011
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The
Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining ...
This book began in 1982 when Catherine Dowling, a graduate student from Dublin, burst into my office with the news that she had found some Clan-na-Gael records at the World Museum of Mining in Butte.
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Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from ...
This tale of two cities Butte, Montana, and Chuquicamata, Chile traces the relationship of capitalism and community across cultural, national, and geographic boundaries.
Crested Butte rises 8,885 feet above sea level on the edge of the beautiful Elk Mountains in the Gunnison Country of Colorado's Western Slope.
Summoned by the call of the copper mines in Butte, Montana, Irish immigrants left a struggling Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century in search of a better life.
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Mining Cultures: Men, Women, and Leisure in
Butte, 1914-41
This is a tale full of the ironies and contradictions of life in Butte, of stories that helped people to persevere, flourish, and maintain a remarkable allegiance to a precarious community.
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Showdown at Yellow
Butte
Disillusioned and outraged, Kedrick must take action against the very people who hired him–or be forced to witness the bloody massacre of innocent men and women. From the Paperback edition.
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Around Gunnison and Crested
Butte
Introduction The Gunnison Country, dominated by the towns of Gunnison and
Crested Butte, is a stunningly beautiful mountain paradise on Colorado's Western
Slope. The region is characterized by high alpine valleys surrounded by the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUTTE»
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butte is used in the context of the following news items.
Butte man charged in sexual assault of 10-year-old girl
A 35-year-old Butte man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year old girl at a public housing project in Butte. James Jerome ... «Montana Standard, Jul 15»
Setup starts for Butte's Montana Folk Festival
Volunteers set up the Folk Festival banner across North Main Street in Butte on Monday. Crews were also erecting tents for the festival in the ... «KPAX-TV, Jul 15»
2 Butte churches close after serving combined 269 years
In 1877, Mountain View United Methodist Church opened its doors in Butte. Seven years later, Trinity United Methodist Church did the same ... «NBC Montana, Jul 15»
Nahanni Butte, NWT, man charged in weekend stabbing
A 20-year-old man from Nahanni Butte, N.W.T., has been charged after a person was stabbed at a residence in the community on Saturday. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
Authorities look for Butte Pre-release Center escapee
Law enforcement and Montana Department of Corrections personnel are looking a man who escaped from the Butte Pre-release Center. «NBC Montana, Jul 15»
Butte County seeking Brown Lawn King/Queen of 2015
While people not on urban water systems aren't under the 25 percent conservation mandate, those in Butte County have an opportunity to be ... «Chico Enterprise-Record, Jul 15»
Butte College receives accreditation reaffirmation
Butte Valley >> A year's work of about 100 people paid off recently with the renewal of Butte College's official accreditation. Staff will now have ... «Chico Enterprise-Record, Jul 15»
Rested Muckers show improvement in 3-2 loss to GVO
Butte's Tommy Martz bounces a single to left field in the first inning of ... FORKS – A week without games worked wonders for the Butte Muckers. «Montana Standard, Jul 15»
Black Butte Copper Project: DEQ should refuse mining permit
The Department of Environmental Quality should refuse to issue any mining permit to Tintina Resources Inc. for their proposed Black Butte ... «The Missoulian, Jul 15»
'Code Brown' operatives do parade's dirty work
The Butte parade route stays clean thanks to the scooping skills of ... For some, including Wilson Russell, 11, and his brother Wyatt, 9, the Butte parade is a time ... «KXLF Butte News, Jul 15»
