historic architectural excellence in the residences and public buildings. Butte City first became a city where people staked their claims during the gold rush of the 1860s. It's a town where legends have grown, where its people came from nearly every country on earth and from every strata of society to live and work on the Hill. In an 1865 letter from Joe Bowers describing Butte to the readers of the Virginia City Montana Post newspaper he said, " In fact, I dare not tell the whole truth, because I know the story would be read and regarded as the emanation of a heated brain."

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