Butte-Silver Bow Historical Society

Butte-Silver Bow Historical Society Since 1978 the Butte Historical Society has been instrumental in the preservation of Butte history and artifacts.

We encourage research through essay contests for both school age and adults.

08/24/2026

Rows of wood-frame houses lined West Daly Street by 1884 when it was still part of Chickentown, a Walkerville suburb.

Looking for people to represent their ancestor's journeys to Butte. Groups are forming to get the Ethnic Park going. ...
08/18/2026

Looking for people to represent their ancestor's journeys to Butte. Groups are forming to get the Ethnic Park going. Please consider joining this effort.

Direct inquiries and suggestions to: [email protected]

Thank you!

08/18/2026

Judge John McHatton, his wife, Rose, and their children made their home in this two-and-one-half-story Queen Anne style residence from 1895 until 1918. Built in 1892, the elegant brick and clapboard…

08/18/2026

For most of a century, Butte was by several measures the most important and varied railroad center in the northern Rockies. In 1911, thirty years after the Union Pacific reached Butte, four…

08/08/2026

View of the eastern part of Butte, Montana ca. 1890, with the Anaconda, St. Lawrence and Parrot mines visible in the background.

08/08/2026

Young Christian Nissler came to the United States from Germany, made his way west and learned the brewing trade in Virginia City, Nevada. The promise of gold drew him to Montana, where a lucky strike…

07/18/2026

Most of the African Americans who moved to Montana were born enslaved, leaving for the west in search of freedom and opportunity. Religion was fundamental to the growth and prosperity of the Black…

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P. O. Box 3913
Butte, MT
59701

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