Butte's Columbia Gardens last hurrah was 50 years ago
Hundreds of people piled into their cars 50 years ago this past Labor Day weekend — destination: Columbia Gardens.
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Hundreds of people piled into their cars 50 years ago this past Labor Day weekend — destination: Columbia Gardens.
By 1900, half of Butte’s 30,000 population were Irish. But mining was a hard life, and with triumph there was tragedy. I traced my Irish ancestors to Butte, Montana and what I discovered there was astounding and heartbreaking.