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They owned the largest boarding house, financed the Broughton Brothers general store, established the Alice Hospital, the Alice Reading Room, the Alice Fire Department, and the Alice Mine and Mill Band. In 1878, that band paraded with over 150 members of the newly formed Butte Workingmen’s Union, protesting because the Walkers cut wages from $3.50 to $3.00 per day. The Walkers restored the $3.50 rate, giving the union its first victory. After Walkerville incorporated in 1890, William Hall, the Alice Mine’s superintendent, became its first mayor, naming the streets William, Rose, Pearl, and Sybil for his children. A cable car connected Walkerville to Butte in 1889, and Walkerville grew as Butte miners moved into densely clustered houses. Nevertheless, evidence of Walkerville’s origins as a silver camp remain. Many Main Street buildings date to the 1870s and 1880s, and the community retains an independent spirit.</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/0b594a282dd2db9f6a4831ddd443845e.jpg","items":[{"id":1978,"title":"St. Lawrence O'Toole Church","latitude":46.0271494321359995183229329995810985565185546875,"longitude":-112.53474533557999848198960535228252410888671875,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/0b594a282dd2db9f6a4831ddd443845e.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/0b594a282dd2db9f6a4831ddd443845e.jpg","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","address":"1306 North Main Street, Walkerville, MT","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":2371,"title":"119 West Daly","latitude":46.03118500000000068439476308412849903106689453125,"longitude":-112.53352200000000493673724122345447540283203125,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/57e74af5521714d6bda14a3c106b224b.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/57e74af5521714d6bda14a3c106b224b.jpg","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","address":"119 West Daly Street, Walkerville","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":1979,"title":"1600 North Main Street","latitude":46.03043000000000262161847786046564579010009765625,"longitude":-112.53475200000002587330527603626251220703125,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/770fd4e0af24cf57da09c240f668d13f.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/770fd4e0af24cf57da09c240f668d13f.jpg","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","address":"1600 North Main Street, Walkerville, MT","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":2194,"title":"61 Bennett","latitude":46.0259779000000008863935363478958606719970703125,"longitude":-112.53127469999998311322997324168682098388671875,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/b52aabfcfd48b6cc4c07d86030b2bbc0.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b52aabfcfd48b6cc4c07d86030b2bbc0.jpg","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","address":"61 Bennett Street, Walkerville, MT","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":2387,"title":"723 West Daly (Dewey Point)","latitude":46.0284070000000014033503248356282711029052734375,"longitude":-112.54756900000000996442395262420177459716796875,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/76c25d8af4a83ac1faa61cff88a840cf.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/76c25d8af4a83ac1faa61cff88a840cf.jpg","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","address":"723 West Daly Street, Walkerville","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":1905,"title":"727 West Daly Street","latitude":46.02831279999998770335878361947834491729736328125,"longitude":-112.5479368000000022220774553716182708740234375,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/26b36c4ddc72f6d19bb7a35d6f79324e.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/26b36c4ddc72f6d19bb7a35d6f79324e.jpg","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","address":"727 West Daly Street, Walkerville","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":1904,"title":"George Dent's Barbershop","latitude":46.02951490000000234203980653546750545501708984375,"longitude":-112.53836549999999760984792374074459075927734375,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/b725942b19fc8d120a3aa69dc47d97e1.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b725942b19fc8d120a3aa69dc47d97e1.jpg","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","address":"116 West Daly Street, Walkerville","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":2205,"title":"Kelly House","latitude":46.026507803829616705115768127143383026123046875,"longitude":-112.53090233710139500544755719602108001708984375,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/62de87fc963770cc8836f18029543330.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/62de87fc963770cc8836f18029543330.jpg","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","address":"107 O'Neill Street, Walkerville, MT","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":2837,"title":"Caplice & McCune Store","latitude":46.03063415955608661533915437757968902587890625,"longitude":-112.5353944301605224609375,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/f7113655fb50f16c0db5d86ca8bef539.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/f7113655fb50f16c0db5d86ca8bef539.jpg","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","address":"1613 North Main Street, Walkerville, MT","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}}]}