Last Call! FR=EE! Butte, Montana Writer's Weekend . Accommodations and western hospitality provided.

"BUTTE, Montana, FROM THE INSIDE OUT"

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FREE! Butte, Montana Writer's Weekend . Accommodations and western hospitality provided at NO CHARGE

Old Butte Historical Adventures www.oldbutte.com/writers and the people of Butte, Montana along with many area businesses are sending an invitation to you as a travel writer to come and experience "BUTTE, FROM THE INSIDE OUT".

Writer Information:
http://www.oldbutte.com/writers.html

We have designated April 29, 30, and May 1 of 2005 as this years "Fr=ee Writer's Weekend". "Butte, From The Inside Out" is a gift from us to you to come and experience Butte as few people have seen it in many decades. This spring Old Butte Historical Adventures will have SEVEN MUSEUMS open to the public on our walking tours. We would like to offer members of the writer's community a preview showing. Of course we hope your WOW factor will trigger a story or two related to your Butte experience.

BUTTE, MONTANA, FYI
Butte, Montana is located midway between Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, just a couple of hours from each. Butte started as many towns in the west as a mining camp. Due to the discovery of copper and the electrification of the United States by 1900 Butte had grown to be the largest city between Minneapolis and Seattle.

Butte was also one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the United States with emigrants from 60 different countries. Uniquely many of those ethnic groups remained close knit because most miners worked and lived within a block or two of the mine at which they were employed.

In 1900 Butte had 160 mines in operation the remnants of which today are twelve head frames and 10,000 miles of tunnels under the city and one of the worlds largest truck operated open pit mines on the city's east side. The 1923 Butte Business College catalog boasted "45 miles of electric street railways, which carry 17,000,000 passengers per year, 9,500 telephones, 42 churches, 25 public schools, 7 parochial schools, and the largest business college in the northwest." Impressive considering the city is only 4 miles from edge to edge.

Butte is the only western mining camp that became an industrial city. Along with the industrialization came big money and with that great buildings and architecture inspired by the many ethnic groups that settled here. Butte has the second largest number of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior. Many of these buildings have been closed for over half a century some much longer.

Old Butte Historical Adventures has been working for several years uncovering some of these hidden treasures and developing public tours of the buildings. Many of you may have heard the segments on National Public Radio about the Rookwood Speakeasy, uncovered for the first time since 1933 in the summer of 2004. Well, we have six more time capsules to be opened to the public in 2005. These will be previewed by your group on Saturday, April 30, 2005.

Please come experience and enjoy our hospitality!

PLEASE RSVP by April 15, 2005.

For complete Information please visit our web site and select Free Writers Weekend.

Contact:
Michael Gordon
602-885-3107
info@oldbutte.com