I read one newspaper in class today. It was from Butte, MT in 1880. The paper was very interesting. It did not give any specific news, but gave lots of interesting advertisement and real estate claims. In the Butte newspaper there were the different train stations in the area, all of the cities that these trains traveled to, and the date and time that they departed. This shows me that train was they only quick way of travel in this area at the time and how important it was to advertise the train. I then saw 15 "Applications for Patents", which were claims made by different miners, about the location and descriptions of their gold mines. There was up to 20 mines in the area, so this led me to believe that Butte was a large mining town, and that was their source of income. Finally, I saw an add for an old bar in the down town "Deer Lodge" district of Butte, the add claimed that they had fresh ale and liquor made in Chicago, St. Louis, and Milwaukee. The add made it seem like everyone needs to drink there, specifically because the booze came from the big cities to the east. This showed me that people in the frontier still relied on the East U.S, to supply them with everything that they need to survive, and that people still favored eastern goods.
https://bhpioneer.newspapers.com/image/34887386/?terms=Montana
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| Miners in the Deer Lodge district. |
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| First ever bar in Butte |
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Mining Town
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