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Anaconda, county seat of Deer Lodge County, which has a consolidated city-county government, is located in southwestern Montana, United States. Located at the foot of the Anaconda Range (known locally as the "Pintlers"), the Continental Divide passes within 8 mi (13 km) south of the community.
The Washoe Smelter was demolished after its closure in 1981. The stack alone, however, remains standing because the citizens of Anaconda organized to "Save the Stack." It is commonly referred to as "The Stack" or "The Big Stack" [G] and is a well-known landmark in western Montana. In 1986 it was designated the Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park.
Anaconda was created as a company town that contained the smelters for Butte's ore. The Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railroad, connecting Butte and Anaconda, is a designated part of the expanded National Historic Landmark District. [2] Known as the "Gibraltar of Unionism", Butte saw the early development of a mine worker's union in 1878.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Deer Lodge County, Montana. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States. All sites are located in the city of Anaconda, which is consolidated with Deer Lodge ...
The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Historic District is a 750 acres (300 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It covers the railway right-of-way which begins in Butte, Montana and runs to Anaconda generally along the course of Silver Bow Creek .
It is roughly bounded by Commercial Avenue, Main Street, Chestnut Street, and Eest Park Avenue in Anaconda. [1] It includes the Anaconda City Hall and the U.S. Post Office-Anaconda Main which are separately listed on the National Register. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]
The Montana landmarks emphasize its frontier heritage, the passage of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Montana's contributions to the national park movement, and other themes. Three sites in Montana extend across the Idaho or North Dakota state line, and are listed by the National Park Service as Idaho NHLs or North Dakota NHLs.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Montana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state's more than 1,100 listings are distributed across all of its 56 counties .