1960’s

Major historical events

1963

U.S. Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. gives is famous "I Have a Dream" speech

Great Falls Tribune
Aug 29, 1963

1968

Tet Offensive:

This offensive had far-reaching consequences due to its effect on the views of the Vietnam War by the American public and the world broadly. It prompted even loyal supporters of the war to see that the current war strategy required re-evaluation.

The Independent Record
July 28, 1968

Uncle Gerry's Vietnam Experience (1969)

City: Anaconda, Montana

Anaconda was founded by Marcus Daly, one of the Copper Kings, who financed the construction of the Anaconda smelter on nearby Warm Springs Creek to process copper ore from the Butte mines

Serving as a stopover city for Continental Divide Trail hikers

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Like the rest of the state, Anaconda’s black population fell substantially during the interwar period, and continued that trend after World War II. Very few black families remained in Anaconda in 1981, when the Anaconda Company ended its smelting operations, eliminating the jobs of a majority of the city’s residents. Today, the stories of Anaconda’s many different ethnic communities are told by the descendants of the Irish, Italians, Slavs, and others who had called Anaconda home.