Contents

Foreword to the 2006 Edition by William L. Lang

Preface to the Original Edition

1. Gold Camp: The Rise and Fall of Butte City

2. Clark, Daly, and the Anaconda: 1872-84

3: The "Richest Hill on Earth"

4. Boom Town

5. Politics: The Clark-Daly Feud

6. Mr. Clark Goes to Washington

7. "Consolidation": The Amalgamated and the Independents

8. The Battle for Butte: 1901-6

9. Denouement: The Time of Transition

Epilogue: The Legacy

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

First published in 1981, The Battle for Butte has remained the best treatment of the influence of copper in the political history of Montana. "Fine history: rich in detail, full of finely drawn people, masterfully clear where the subject matter is most complex, constructed to preserve something of the tone and atmosphere of the age."-American Historical Review

William L. Lang is professor of history at Portland State University.