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Fifty years ago, a dreadful murder struck Anaconda
History Lives On By J. Ray Haffey Author’s note: Months ago, I was contacted by Michael S. Wren regarding a book he had just finished called The Cottage at The End of the Lane. Mike asked me if I would read his book and get back to him. Unfortunately, life events delayed my response. However, I read the tragic event and was thoroughly impressed with his writing style and professional accounts of a monumental tragedy that could easily fade into historic dustbins. Mr. Wren’s story has to rank as one of the most gruesome and tragic events in Anaconda’s history.…
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Board holds tours of future ADLC Archives building
The Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Historic Resources Board (HRB) held its first public tour of the future Anaconda Archives and Museum on Saturday to a large attendance. “I found people to be really enthusiastic Saturday,” said HRB member Rose Nyman, adding she got a couple of new volunteers and some people who said they had some documents to bring in. “We had some people who were there because they had a relative who worked in the building,” Nyman said. The home of the future Archives will be located in the historic Butte, Anaconda & Pacific (BA&P) Railway General Office building, located…
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Publisher of Anaconda’s newest paper to dive into history of journalism in the Smelter City for ‘Anaconda’s Past’ talk
How many papers have been based in and covered the Smelter City? Who ran them? How did they start? These are all questions that will be answered at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Historic Resources Board’s October installment of its Historic Speaker series, ‘Anaconda’s Past’ from James S. Rosien, publisher of Anaconda’s newest newspaper, the Anaconda Weekly Review, named after Anaconda’s first newspaper. “They’ll be able to learn about the original Anaconda Weekly Review and its significance to the town,” Rosien said. “They’ll learn a little about the people involved, where it was and what it was all about. Then I…
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