Anaconda (Montana)

Deer Lodge County

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Anaconda is a town with 9298 inhabitants ( 2010) in Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States. It is located in the Rocky Mountains and is surrounded by up to 3164 m high mountains. Anaconda covers an area of ​​8 square kilometers and is 1626 meters above sea level and is the county seat of administration ( County Seat).

The city's name comes from a company that had its headquarters there. Why Anaconda is one of the so-called company towns.

History

1883 copper smelter of nearly 40 kilometers southeast at Butte located Anaconda Copper Mine was built on the site of the later Anaconda, what by this hut around entwicklelte a settlement and got the name of the mine. 1891 defeated Anaconda the city Helena in the effort to become the new capital of the state. The last steel mill in the town was closed in 1980. Since then the site has mainly geared towards tourist development.

Culture and sights

The Anaconda Smelter Stack in the vicinity of the city is with 178.3 meters one of the tallest brick chimneys of the world.

Statistical

  • Height: 1626 m asl
  • The average annual rainfall: 356 mm
  • Average annual snowfall: 151 mm
  • Annual average temperature: 6 °

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Frank Cope, American football player
  • Raymond Hunt Hausen, Roman Catholic Archbishop Archdiocese of Seattle 1975-1991
  • Hal C. Kern, Cutter
  • Milan Lazetich, American football player
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