A vigilante town that used to have 1/2 million or a million residents due to the gold rush. It's known as "
Fight Town
USA". Evel Knievel, the original motorcycle stuntsman, lived there. The population is now about 33,000. It's often referred to as "Butt,
Montana".
Butte, Montana
sure is a unique place. It has the
world's largest copper mine which is no longer in use. Residents are very friendly & strangers strike up conversations. The old open~pit copper mine is referred to as "The Pit" & is now full of water. It's Huge! The town of Walkersville, north of Butte, actually has people that live in Real tarpaper shacks! Most everyone there is
poor & rent is cheap.