Located just west of Butte, Anaconda grew around the
Anaconda
Copper Mining Company's smelter. A symbol of the
smelter, closed in 1980, still stands today in the 585
ft. smelter smokestack: the tallest free-standing masonry
structure in the world. The downtown area features
turn-of-the-century buildings, including a large early
day movie house, period street lamps, a courthouse situated
at the end of Main Street, and beautiful parks. To the
west of Anaconda is the pristine Pintler Wilderness
with its snow-capped peaks and high-mountain Georgetown
Lake. Also close to Anaconda is Lost Creek State Park,
a canyon park with steep limestone cliffs rising over
1,200 ft. from the canyon floor.
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~CREDITS~
Features: Runaway
Train. Television: Unsolved Mysteries, Mein Amerika.
Commercials: Persil Detergent,
Dodge
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~ACCOMMODATIONS~
13 hotels/motels, with 288 rooms
20 restaurants
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~CITY OFFICIALS~
Chief Executive (406)563-4000
Courthouse (406)563-4000
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~MEDIA~
Newspapers:
Anaconda Leader
(406)563-5283 Montana Standard (406)563-6951
Radio:
KGLM/KANA
(406)563-8011
Television:
KXLF (Butte) (406)496-8400
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~SAFETY AND SECURITY~
Fire Department (406)563-2164 Highway Patrol (406)494-3233
.... Police (406)563-5241
Sheriff (406)563-5241 |
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~SPECIAL
LOCATIONS~
Washoe Theatre, Georgetown
Lake, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Discovery Basin ski area, Smelter Smokestack,
densely timbered forest lands, lakes and mountain peaks
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~AIRPORT~
Anaconda Airport (406)563-8275
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~FAIRGROUNDS~
Powell County Fairgrounds
(Deer
Lodge) (406)846-3680
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~HISTORY/MUSEUMS~
Anaconda
- Deer Lodge County Historical Society (406)563-2220
Copper Village Museum &
Art Center
(406)563-2422
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~PUBLIC LANDS~
BLM (406)533-7600
Beaverhead/Deerlodge Nat'l Forest (406)683-3900
State Parks-Region 2 (406)542-5500
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~UTILITIES~
Power:
Northwestern
Energy (888)476-2669 Telephone:
Qwest (800)603-6000 |
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| AREA
CONTACT |
Chamber
of Commerce
306 E. Park Street
Anaconda, MT 59711
(406)563-2400
(406)563-2400 - fax |
| POPULATION |
| 10,000 |
| ELEVATION |
| 5,030 ft. |
| WEATHER |
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