Richard I. Gibson

Lost Butte, Montana Richard I. Gibson

From the stately Queen Anne mansions of the West End to the hastily constructed shanties of Cabbage Patch, Lost Butte, Montana, traces the city's history through its architectural heritage. The book includes such highlights as the Grand Opera House, once graced by entertainers and cultural icons like Charlie Chaplin, Sarah Bernhardt and Mark Twain; the infamous brothels protested by reformer Carrie Nation, wielding her hatchet and sharp tongue; and the Columbia Gardens, built by copper king William Clark as a respite from the smoke and toil of the mines and later destroyed by fire. Through the stories of these structures, lost to the march of time and urban renewal, historian Richard Gibson recalls the boom and bust of Butte, once a mining metropolis and now the largest National Historic Landmark District.