Butte Historical Society

The new Logo of the Butte Wolfe Tones

All the different ethnic groups that came to the Butte area brought their country’s sports. The Irish in particular brought three; Gaelic Football which is where we get American Football, Handball which is the mother of Racketball and Hurling. Hurling is one of the most ancient sports. It was first recorded in 1272 B.C. The picture shows the 1911 Montana Hurling Champions, the Butte Wolfe Tones, named after the Irish patriot Theobald Wolfe Tone.
Hurling started making a come back in Montana in 2014 and Butte in 2018. The Butte team was named after 1911 champions - Wolfe Tones. Hurling players from all over the country will converge on Butte Aug 13 and 14. On the 13th, at the Original Mine at 6:30 is a chance to meet the players and listen to Dublin Gulch from 7:00 to 9:00. On Saturday at the Jeremy Bullock Field near Margaret Leary School from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm is a chance to see several hurling matches with players from all over the United States.

Summer comes and I think of the Columbia Gardens. A wonderful gift from William A. Clark to the people of Butte.

The Butte Public Library will be displaying two objects that were donated to the Butte Historical Society. One is a 120 year old china set made in France for the Butte Jewelers of Hight & Fairfield.
The other is a 1901 special cloth program from the Grand Opera House in Butte that was given to J.R. Wharton, who was the designer and builder of the Columbia Gardens for William A. Clark.