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- Butte, Montana (Wikipedia)
Butte (/bjuːt/ BYEWT) is a consolidated city-county in and the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers 718 square miles (1,860 km2), and, according to the 2020 census, has a population of 34,494, making it Montana’s fifth-largest city. It is served by Bert Mooney Airport with airport code BTM.
- Butte (en.wikivoyage.org)
Butte in southwest Montana, “The Richest Hill on Earth” from around 1880 to 1920, was the largest and most notorious copper boom town in the American West, home to hundreds of saloons and a famous red-light district. The city still flaunts its legacy of industry, wealth and squalor.