Gold camp: the rise and fall of Butte City -- Clark, Daly, and the Anaconda: 1872-84 -- "Richest hill on Earth" -- Boom town -- Politics: the Clark-Daly feud -- Mr. Clark goes to Washington -- "Consolidation": the amalgamated and the independents -- Battle for Butte: 1901-6 -- Denouement: the time of transition -- Legacy