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where the sky goes on forever... where everyone must bend to the land... where to hunt, to fish, to sleep under that big sky arent activities, but a way of life. - it was between here and those mountains that cheyenne and crow battle took place. but i like it. its very peaceful, huh? - what was it like 100 years ago, 200 years ago? - oh, not much different. this was never forested. this is the dry side of the river, cause the primary winds come from the west. and rain tends to blow ove...

>> mount view on three. one, two, three! >> mount view! >> some people must live in great spaces, where the sky goes on forever, where everyone must bend to the land. where to hunt, to fish, to sleep under that big sky arent activities, but a way of life. >> it was right here in those mountains that the cheyenne and crow battle took place. but i like it. its very peaceful. >> what was it like a hundred years ago? two hundred years ago? >> oh, not much different. this was never forested...

And unusual, in that its a union town, a proudly union town, in an otherwise very red state. - butte is the most interesting, important town in america that nobody knows about. bourdain: brian mcgregor is the owner of the silver dollar saloon in what was once buttes chinatown. - so we call ourselves butte, america. bourdain: amanda curtis, a former state congresswoman, was born of the labor movement. shes a unionist and advocate for workers in this solidly union city she calls home. - when you g...

Pinned to your shirt. and it wasnt butte, montana, right? it was butte, america. we were founded by european immigrants who came from socialist countries with all these crazy socialist ideas. >> would you say montana, in a stereotypical way, is relatively socially conservative? >> oh, absolutely, but butte is a labor town. >> nobody knows anything about union history. you know, they dont teach it. when the country was at its peak, unions were at their peak. when wages were at their peak, unions ...

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Montana in a stereotypical way is fairly, relatively socially conservative? >> amanda: oh, absolutely but butte is labor town. >> bryant: nobody knows anything about union history. you know, they dont teach it. when the country was at its peak, unions were at their peak. wages were at their peak; unions were at their peak. >> anthony: that was then, this is now. this is the era of "ive got mine jack." amanda: thats what makes butte different. its not "ive got mine." >> anthony: it isnt? >> amand...

Socialist countries with all these crazy socialist ideas. >> anthony: would you say montana in a stereotypical way is fairly, relatively socially conservative? >> amanda: oh, absolutely but butte is labor town. >> bryant: nobody knows anything about union history. you know, they dont teach it. when the country was at its peak, unions were at their peak. wages were at their peak; unions were at their peak. >> anthony: that was then, this is now. this is the era of "ive got mine jack." amanda: tha...

Shes a unionist, an advocate for workers and this solidly union city she calls home. >> amanda: when you got off the boat in ellis island it said butte pinned to your shirt. and it wasnt butte, montana, right? it was butte, america. we were founded by european immigrants who came from socialist countries with all these crazy socialist ideas. >> anthony: would you say montana in a stereotypical way is fairly, relatively socially conservative? >> amanda: oh, absolutely but butte is labor town. >> ...

Union city she calls home. >> amanda: when you got off the boat in ellis island it said butte pinned to your shirt. and it wasnt butte, montana, right? it was butte, america. we were founded by european immigrants who came from socialist countries with all these crazy socialist ideas. >> anthony: would you say montana in a stereotypical way is fairly, relatively socially conservative? >> amanda: oh, absolutely but butte is a labor town. >> bryant: nobody knows anything about union history. you k...

Aaron: no, you nailed it. obviously the pit is an enduring emblem of that rapacious capitalist greed. but you also have people here who are proud of -- proud of where they live. the history of butte in many ways is you know this town that should have died and but never did. part of that is luck geographically but also the character of the people here. you know, they endured. >> anthony: as you might have gathered by now, this is a working class town. and unusual in that its a union town. a proud...