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Let’s Talk Butte with Frank Gardner

PHOTO CREDIT: MONTANA STANDARD This episode of Let’s Talk Butte features excerpts of a new oral history with Frank Gardner, former president of Montana Resources, covering his early childhood in Butte and the beginning of his mining career. Today on…

Let’s Talk Butte with John Emmett Murphy

John Emmett Murphy shares some stories from an oral history recording in this episode of Let’s Talk Butte. He talks about his ancestors coming to Walkerville in the late nineteenth century, covers some dramatic family history, and later describes his…

Let’s Talk Butte with Ed Johnson

Ed Johnson spent 31 years in Butte starting in the seventies. In this interview with Daniel Hogan he talks about his time in the local music scene, KOPR radio and the small town of Philipsburg. Ed still performs with his…