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>> 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 aren't 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. it's very peaceful. >> what was it like a hundred years ago? two hundred years ago? >> oh, not much different. this was never forested. this is the dry side of the river because the primary winds come from the west. rain tends to bl...

This is the dry side of the river because the primary winds come from the west. Rain tends to blow over here that brings the snow to the mountains. Anthony legendary writer and poet jim harrison is one of those people and this is the place he calls home. I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la jim harrison am i as old as they am . Maybe not. Time is a mystery that could tip us upside down....

The history of butte, in many ways, is, you know, this town that should have died but never did. part of that is luck, geographically, but also the character of the people here. you know, they endured. >> as you might have gathered by now, this is a working-class town. and unusual in that it's a union town, a proudly union town in an othe otherwise very red state. >> butte is the most interesting, important town in america that nobody knows about. >> bryant mcgregor is the owner of the silver dollar saloon in what was once butte's chinatown. >> so we call ourselves butte america. >> amanda cur...

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 don't 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 "i've got mine jack." amanda: that's what makes butte different. it's not "i've got mine." >> anthony: it isn't? >> amanda: it's, it's truly not. >> anthony: why? >> amanda: union is together. we've grown this commu...

You know, they endured. >> anthony: as you might have gathered by now, this is a working class town. and unusual in that it's a union town. a proudly union town in an otherwise very red state. >> bryant: butte is the most interesting, important town in america that nobody knows about. >> anthony: bryant mcgregor is the owner of the silver dollar saloon in what was once butte's chinatown. >> amanda: so we call ourselves "butte, america." >> anthony: amanda curtis is a former state congresswoman, was born of the labor movement. she's a unionist, an advocate for workers and this solidly union cit...