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Anaconda, Montana angles toward self-reliance

August 30, 2025/

Tourism or industry? A southwestern Montana town faces an economic crossroads.
“There was a grant. There was a loan. The land didn’t cost much,” Bartlett said. “And we wanted to be in Anaconda.”


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