Buried in Butte

the long version

The history of the Montana's most famous mining city, Butte, told through the stories of its cemeteries and some of the people who were buried there. Includes the first cemetery • Histories of the current cities of the dead • Development of the funeral business • Coroners • Society funeral customs, laying to rest Butte’s first Irish priest • Monument making as art • Husbands and wives • Children and health issues • Secret societies • Immigrants • Heroes • The rich and/or famous • Modern times—remembering Evel Kneivel, Catholic cemeteries’ troubles and much, much more