The Elk Park VFD is planning its annual Snomobile Fun Run Sunday, February 11th. Regestration for this fun event will start at 9am in the Elk Park Fire Hall. This is a family ride, so all are welcome to come out for some fun.
The fundraiser will include 50/50 tickets, food and drinks, and donated door prizes.
For more details and to donate, call Mike Zemljak at 494-2058 or Randy Santifer at 494-8442.
The Copper King Express Excursion Train will take its inagural run today at 1 p.m.
It’s part of a weekend of events in Anaconda called Blast From the Past. It’s being done in conjunction with the grand opening of the Anaconda Railroad & Mining Museum.
In 2004, Rarus Railway Company (the successor to the B.A.&P.), purchased some passenger cars and created the “Copper King Express”. With the creation of the excursion train, passenger trains would once again operate over the former B.A.&P. line. It had been 50 years since the last regular passenger train service operated on the line.
The train will run every Friday and Saturday from this weekend until September.
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You can purchase tickets at the website, by calling (406) 563-7121, or by emailing rarusrailway@yahoo.com
Any of you who attends the Blast From the Past celebration, let us know your impressions. Leave us a comment with all the details. And if you take photos, we’d love for you to pass them along.
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What’s up for this coming weekend? Do you have any plans? Are you going camping, fishing, hiking, or just doing some spring chores around the house? Let us know by commenting.
We hit up the World Museum of Mining today for the 2006 Ghost Walk. It’s sponsored by Butte Cares, The World Museum of Mining and the Butte High History Club (with Butte High History teacher Chris Fisk at the helm).
As per usual, we took a lot of photos for you guys.
One of the most notable moments was the bit about prohibition and the Rookwood Speakeasy, which was done by the folks from Old Butte Historical Adventures and was quite a hoot.
Obviously, a lot of work went into this year’s Ghost Walk and the weather certainly cooperated. We had a great time and a lot of laughs. We’ll be sure to check out future Ghost Walks and we encourage you to do the same.
Check out all our pictures from today and if you’ve got anything to say about the Ghost Walks: comment away!
Marx and I took a great walk through uptown Butte today to kill some time and get some exercise. We took some photos for you guys to see, especially those of you who are far away and don’t get back to Butte too often.
Check out the whole set.
And if you’ve got a flickr and have some pictures of the Mining City, don’t hesitate to add them to our Butte, America Pool. Let’s show our Butte pride!
Did you know the Butte Community YMCA has a website? Neither did I….. but you should check it out. ButteYMCA.com
Get information about classes, swimming lessons, memberships, and programs the Y has to offer.
The 26th Annual Big Butte Challenge is next week–with 5k and 11k runs, a 1 mile fun-run and a 5k walk–all through Hell Roaring Gulch. For more information, you can call 782-1266 or 494-3605.
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