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[[File:Anaconda-Courthouse.jpg|thumb|right|Deer Lodge County Courthouse in Anaconda]]
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'''Anaconda''', county seat of [[Deer Lodge County, Montana|Anaconda-Deer Lodge County]], which has a consolidated city-county government, is located in mountainous southwestern [[Montana]]. The [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]] passes within {{convert|8|mi|abbr=on}} south of the community with the local Pintler Mountain range reaching {{convert|10379|ft|abbr=on}}. According to the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] the population is 9,298, with a per capita personal income of $20,462 and a median household income of $34,716.<ref>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/30/3001675.html U.S. Census 2010]</ref> It is the ninth most populous city in Montana. Central Anaconda is {{convert|5335|ft|abbr=on}} [[AMSL|above sea level]], and is surrounded by the communities of Opportunity and West Valley.
'''Anaconda''', county seat of [[Deer Lodge County, Montana|Anaconda-Deer Lodge County]], which has a consolidated city-county government, is located in southwestern [[Montana]]. The [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]] passes within {{convert|8|mi|abbr=on}} south of the community with the local Pintler Mountain range reaching {{convert|10379|ft|abbr=on}}. According to the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] the population is 9,298, with a per capita personal income of $20,462 and a median household income of $34,716.<ref>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/30/3001675.html U.S. Census 2010]</ref> It is the ninth most populous city in Montana. Central Anaconda is {{convert|5335|ft|abbr=on}} [[AMSL|above sea level]], and is surrounded by the communities of Opportunity and West Valley.


The county area is {{convert|741|sqmi|km2}}, characterized by densely timbered forestlands, lakes, mountains and recreation grounds. The county has common borders with Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, Granite, Jefferson and Powell counties.
The county area is {{convert|741|sqmi|km2}}, characterized by densely timbered forestlands, lakes, mountains and recreation grounds. The county has common borders with Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, Granite, Jefferson and Powell counties.
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==Arts and Culture==
==Arts and Culture==
On main street is the [[Washoe Theater]], which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. It was the last theater constructed in the United States in the [[Art Deco|Neuvo Deco]] style. The theater was designed in 1930 by [[B. Marcus Priteca]], an architect from Seattle and opened in 1936. It was listed by the NRHP for architectural significance in 1982. It currently is used for showing films, plus periodically hoseing plays and other types of entertainment.
On main street is the [[Washoe Theater]], which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. It was the last theater constructed in the United States in the [[Art Deco|Neuvo Deco]] style. The theater was designed in 1930 by [[B. Marcus Priteca]], an architect from Seattle and opened in 1936. It was listed by the NRHP for architectural significance in 1982. It currently is used for showing films, plus periodically hosting plays and other types of entertainment.


== Government and Politics ==
== Government and Politics ==
Deer Lodge County is the most consistently Democratic county in Montana when it comes to Presidential elections. It has not supported a Republican candidate since Calvin Coolidge in 1924.<sup>[9]</sup> In the last five elections the Democratic candidate has won by 21% to nearly 49% of Deer Lodge County's vote.<sup>[10]</sup> In gubernatorial elections the only Republican to carry the county in the last twenty years was Marc Racicot in the 1996 election. In that election the original Democratic nominee, Chet Blaylock, died and Marc Racicot carried every county.<sup>[11]</sup>
Deer Lodge County is the most consistently Democratic county in Montana when it comes to Presidential elections. It has not supported a Republican candidate since [[Calvin Coolidge]] in 1924. In the last five elections the Democratic candidate has won by 21% to nearly 49% of Deer Lodge County's vote. In gubernatorial elections the only Republican to carry the county in the last twenty years was Marc Racicot in the 1996 election. In that election the original Democratic nominee, Chet Blaylock, died and Marc Racicot carried every county.{[cn}}<!--improper citation format, no citation at the end.-->


It is currently in the 43rd district of the Montana Senate and as such has been represented by Democrat Jesse Laslovich since 2004. In the Montana House of Representatives it is in the 85th district and as such has been represented by Democrat Cynthia Hiner since 2004.<sup>[12]</sup>
It is currently in the 43rd district of the Montana Senate and as such has been represented by Democrat Jesse Laslovich since 2004. In the Montana House of Representatives it is in the 85th district and as such has been represented by Democrat Cynthia Hiner since 2004.{{cn}}


Here is some of the different government positions in Anaconda. The Chief Executive of Anaconda is Connie Daniels. The County Commission includes Paul Smith, Patricia Mulvey, Elaine Lux-Burt, Kevin Hart, Terry Vermeire. The Clerk and Recorder Administrator is named Joey Blodnick. For a list of all the County Government positions, go to http://www.anacondadeerlodge.mt.gov/departments/clerk_recorder.aspx
{{As of|2014}} the current Chief Executive of Anaconda is Connie Daniels. The County Commission includes Paul Smith, Patricia Mulvey, Elaine Lux-Burt, Kevin Hart, Terry Vermeire. The Clerk and Recorder Administrator is named Joey Blodnick.<ref>http://www.anacondadeerlodge.mt.gov/departments/clerk_recorder.aspx</ref>
== Sports and recreation ==
== Sports and recreation ==
*[[Hunting]] - Many local establishments in the town of Anaconda can provide hunting licenses for in-state and out of state hunters. Not all animals need to have a license to be shot, there are millions of gophers around anaconda, and mean badgers. There are hundreds of square miles of hunting available to the public in the area. With permit, hunting is permitted for fowl, [[bear]], [[cougar|mountain lion]], [[elk]], [[deer]] and [[moose]], however only [[deer]] and [[elk]] hunting is allowed without application to the state hunting license draw.
*[[Hunting]] - There are hundreds of square miles of hunting available to the public in the area. With permit, hunting is permitted for fowl, [[bear]], [[cougar|mountain lion]], [[elk]], [[deer]] and [[moose]]. Only [[deer]] and [[elk]] hunting is allowed without prior application to the state hunting license draw.
*[[Fishing]] - With the exception of many mountain lakes and streams, primary fishing spots include Silver Lake, Georgetown Lake, Echo Lake, Storm Lake, Racetrack Lake, Warm Springs Creek, Warm Springs Ponds, and the Big Hole River.
*[[Fishing]] - There are many nearby mountain lakes and streams, primary fishing spots include Silver Lake, Georgetown Lake, Echo Lake, Storm Lake, Racetrack Lake, Warm Springs Creek, Warm Springs Ponds, and the Big Hole River.
*[[Golf]] - The Old Works Golf Course is a [[Jack Nicklaus]] signature [[golf course]]. There is also a local country club and an 18 hole championship golf course located at Fairmont Hot Springs.
*[[Golf]] - The Old Works Golf Course is a [[Jack Nicklaus]] signature [[golf course]]. There is also a local country club and an 18 hole championship golf course located at [[Fairmont Hot Springs]].
*[[Ski]]ing - With many trails for cross country skiers, and the nearby [[Discovery Ski Area]] for downhill skiing Anaconda is an excellent place for the skiing enthusiast. The Discovery Ski Area also grooms {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} of cross country ski trails. Discovery ski area boasts 15 downhill double black diamond trails.
*[[Ski]]ing - There are many trails for cross country skiers, and the nearby [[Discovery Ski Area]] has downhill skiing, with 15 downhill double black diamond trails, plus grooms {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} of cross country ski trails. .
*[[Darts]] -The annual Winter Getaway dart tournament held in several local establishments draws as the largest regional dart tournament in Montana
*[[Darts]] -The annual Winter Getaway dart tournament held in several local establishments is the largest regional dart tournament in Montana
*[[Museum]]s - The Copper Village Museum and Arts Center provides visitors and residents with art and history of the local area.
*[[Museum]]s - The Copper Village Museum and Arts Center provides visitors and residents with art and history of the local area.
* [[Hiking]] - There are hiking opportunities in and around Anaconda, including hikes into mountain lakes and a 10,067 foot mountain which can be climbed<!--part way or all the way to the top?--> without technical equipment <!--which mountain?--> there is also a walking trail on the North side of Anaconda next to Warm Springs Creek.
* [[Hiking]] - There are hiking opportunities in and around Anaconda, including hikes into mountain lakes and a 10,067 foot mountain which can be climbed<!--part way or all the way to the top?--> without technical equipment <!--which mountain?--> there is also a walking trail on the North side of Anaconda next to Warm Springs Creek.
*[[Special Events]] - There are many special events in Anaconda and near, from season to season. There is the Polar ice plunge at silver lake, Santa slammer basketball tournament, March Madness basketball tournament, season parades, Wayne estes basketball tournament, Art in the park, and Goosetown softball tournament.
*[[Special Events]] - There are many special events in Anaconda and near, from season to season.


==Education==
==Education==
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==Infrastructure==
==Infrastructure==

Anaconda is undergoing many new changes in the year 2014. The Anaconda Community Hospital is being added on to. New buildings have also been added, such as the Family Dollar. Many local businesses are also being remodeled, or redecorated to create a new atmosphere around the community, they are also trying to rebuild the Montana hotel.

==Notable natives and residents==
==Notable natives and residents==
*[[Lucille Ball]] - actress
*[[Lucille Ball]] - actress

Revision as of 23:58, 4 June 2014

Main Street, Anaconda, Montana
Deer Lodge County Courthouse in Anaconda

Anaconda, county seat of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, which has a consolidated city-county government, is located in southwestern Montana. The Continental Divide passes within 8 mi (13 km) south of the community with the local Pintler Mountain range reaching 10,379 ft (3,164 m). According to the 2010 census the population is 9,298, with a per capita personal income of $20,462 and a median household income of $34,716.[1] It is the ninth most populous city in Montana. Central Anaconda is 5,335 ft (1,626 m) above sea level, and is surrounded by the communities of Opportunity and West Valley.

The county area is 741 square miles (1,920 km2), characterized by densely timbered forestlands, lakes, mountains and recreation grounds. The county has common borders with Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, Granite, Jefferson and Powell counties.

History

Hearst Free Library, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Club Moderne, Anaconda. Historic American Buildings Survey

Anaconda was founded by Marcus Daly, one of the Copper Kings, who financed the construction of a smelter on nearby Warm Springs Creek to process copper ore from the Butte mines. In June 1883, Daly filed for a town plat for “Copperopolis,” but that name already graced another mining town, Copperopolis in Meagher County. Instead, Daly accepted the name "Anaconda" from the postmaster of the time, Clinton Moore.

In 1903, the Socialist Party of America won its first victory west of the Mississippi when Anaconda elected a socialist mayor, treasurer, police judge, and three councilmen. The Socialist Party had grown within the Montana labor movement. Initially, the Anaconda Copper Mining Company tolerated them, but when the Socialists gained political power and threatened to implement reform, the company systematically undermined the radical party. City workers and councilmen refused to cooperate with the new mayor, and the company began to fire Socialists. In the long run labor lost ground in Anaconda and the company exerted ever greater political control.[2]

The Anaconda Company expanded smelting capacity over time, and by 1919 the Washoe Reduction Works could boast that its 585-foot (178 m) smokestack (Anaconda Smelter Stack) was the tallest masonry structure in the world and that the smelter-refining complex constituted the world’s largest nonferrous processing plant.

In 1980, Atlantic Richfield Company closed the smelter, bringing an end to almost a century of mineral processing.[3] Since then, an operation for environmental cleanup was put into place by the Environmental Protection Agency and executed with the assistance of ARCO. The multi-million dollar cleanup and investment has resulted in the formation of "Old Works" Golf Course, a championship 18-hole course designed by Jack Nicklaus.

Part of Anaconda is included in the Butte-Anaconda Historic District.

Geography

  • Elevation: 5335 ft (1,626 m)
  • Average annual rainfall: 14 inches (356 mm)
  • Average length of growing season: 114 days
  • Average annual snowfall: 48.0 inches (122 cm)
  • Average annual temperature: 43.0 °F (6.1 °C)

Climate

Entering Anaconda, looking west
Climate data for Anaconda
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 60
(16) 		65
(18) 		71
(22) 		83
(28) 		89
(32) 		95
(35) 		100
(38) 		98
(37) 		95
(35) 		88
(31) 		71
(22) 		60
(16) 		100
(38)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 35.2
(1.8) 		39.9
(4.4) 		46.6
(8.1) 		55.3
(12.9) 		64.2
(17.9) 		72.8
(22.7) 		80.4
(26.9) 		80.5
(26.9) 		70.2
(21.2) 		58.4
(14.7) 		42.5
(5.8) 		34.9
(1.6) 		56.7
(13.7)
Daily mean °F (°C) 24.2
(−4.3) 		28.2
(−2.1) 		34.4
(1.3) 		41.8
(5.4) 		50.0
(10.0) 		57.8
(14.3) 		63.6
(17.6) 		63.4
(17.4) 		54.1
(12.3) 		44.2
(6.8) 		31.3
(−0.4) 		24.0
(−4.4) 		43.1
(6.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 13.1
(−10.5) 		16.5
(−8.6) 		22.1
(−5.5) 		28.3
(−2.1) 		35.7
(2.1) 		42.7
(5.9) 		46.8
(8.2) 		46.3
(7.9) 		38.0
(3.3) 		30.0
(−1.1) 		20.1
(−6.6) 		13.1
(−10.5) 		29.4
(−1.5)
Record low °F (°C) −28
(−33) 		−35
(−37) 		−12
(−24) 		4
(−16) 		17
(−8) 		27
(−3) 		30
(−1) 		25
(−4) 		12
(−11) 		−9
(−23) 		−22
(−30) 		−38
(−39) 		−38
(−39)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.58
(15) 		0.46
(12) 		1.04
(26) 		1.17
(30) 		1.85
(47) 		1.93
(49) 		1.43
(36) 		1.47
(37) 		1.14
(29) 		0.84
(21) 		0.84
(21) 		0.63
(16) 		13.38
(339)
Source 1: NOAA (normals, 1971–2000) [4]
Source 2: The Weather Channel (Records) [5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880700—
18903,975467.9%
19009,453137.8%
191010,1347.2%
192011,66815.1%
193012,4947.1%
194011,004−11.9%
195011,2542.3%
196012,0547.1%
19709,771−18.9%
198012,51828.1%
199010,278−17.9%
20009,417−8.4%
20109,298−1.3%
source:[6]

Arts and Culture

On main street is the Washoe Theater, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was the last theater constructed in the United States in the Neuvo Deco style. The theater was designed in 1930 by B. Marcus Priteca, an architect from Seattle and opened in 1936. It was listed by the NRHP for architectural significance in 1982. It currently is used for showing films, plus periodically hosting plays and other types of entertainment.

Government and Politics

Deer Lodge County is the most consistently Democratic county in Montana when it comes to Presidential elections. It has not supported a Republican candidate since Calvin Coolidge in 1924. In the last five elections the Democratic candidate has won by 21% to nearly 49% of Deer Lodge County's vote. In gubernatorial elections the only Republican to carry the county in the last twenty years was Marc Racicot in the 1996 election. In that election the original Democratic nominee, Chet Blaylock, died and Marc Racicot carried every county.{[cn}}

It is currently in the 43rd district of the Montana Senate and as such has been represented by Democrat Jesse Laslovich since 2004. In the Montana House of Representatives it is in the 85th district and as such has been represented by Democrat Cynthia Hiner since 2004.[citation needed]

As of 2014 the current Chief Executive of Anaconda is Connie Daniels. The County Commission includes Paul Smith, Patricia Mulvey, Elaine Lux-Burt, Kevin Hart, Terry Vermeire. The Clerk and Recorder Administrator is named Joey Blodnick.[7]

Sports and recreation

  • Hunting - There are hundreds of square miles of hunting available to the public in the area. With permit, hunting is permitted for fowl, bear, mountain lion, elk, deer and moose. Only deer and elk hunting is allowed without prior application to the state hunting license draw.
  • Fishing - There are many nearby mountain lakes and streams, primary fishing spots include Silver Lake, Georgetown Lake, Echo Lake, Storm Lake, Racetrack Lake, Warm Springs Creek, Warm Springs Ponds, and the Big Hole River.
  • Golf - The Old Works Golf Course is a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course. There is also a local country club and an 18 hole championship golf course located at Fairmont Hot Springs.
  • Skiing - There are many trails for cross country skiers, and the nearby Discovery Ski Area has downhill skiing, with 15 downhill double black diamond trails, plus grooms 5 km (3.1 mi) of cross country ski trails. .
  • Darts -The annual Winter Getaway dart tournament held in several local establishments is the largest regional dart tournament in Montana
  • Museums - The Copper Village Museum and Arts Center provides visitors and residents with art and history of the local area.
  • Hiking - There are hiking opportunities in and around Anaconda, including hikes into mountain lakes and a 10,067 foot mountain which can be climbed without technical equipment there is also a walking trail on the North side of Anaconda next to Warm Springs Creek.
  • Special Events - There are many special events in Anaconda and near, from season to season.

Education

There are currently five schools that are part of Anaconda School District 10, including a Head Start program; W K Dwyer Elementary (grades K-2), Lincoln Elementary (grades 3-5), Fred Moodry Middle School (grades 6-8), and Anaconda High School (grades 9-12). The district has a web site with information about the schools.[8]

Infrastructure

Notable natives and residents

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Census 2010
  2. ^ Jerry Calvert, "The Rise and Fall of Socialism in a Company Town, 1902-1905," Montana Dec 1986, Vol. 36 Issue 4, pp 2-13
  3. ^ Aarstad, Rich, Ellie Arguimbau, Ellen Baumler, Charlene Porsild, and Brian Shovers. Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman. Montana Historical Society Press.
  4. ^ "Climatography of the United States NO.81" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  5. ^ "Monthly Averages for Anaconda, MT". The Weather Channel. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  6. ^ Moffatt, Riley. Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850-1990. Lanham: Scarecrow, 1996, 127.
  7. ^ http://www.anacondadeerlodge.mt.gov/departments/clerk_recorder.aspx
  8. ^ Anaconda Public Schools
  9. ^ "Founder of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps movement dies". Catholic Sentinel. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2012-10-11.

Further reading

  • Mercier, Laurie. Anaconda: Labor, Community, and Culture in Montana's Smelter City (University of Illinois Press, 2001) 300pp

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