tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680887389241864471.post4604122404960868593..comments2023-08-18T03:13:56.336-06:00Comments on Butte-Anaconda National Historic Landmark District: Hamilton Block, 45 West Broadway Street Richard Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680887389241864471.post-18902065208564663662019-08-19T15:37:02.985-06:002019-08-19T15:37:02.985-06:00Actually the Grand Opera House was on Broadway, al...Actually the Grand Opera House was on Broadway, almost across the street from this building. Richard Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680887389241864471.post-19071271260422168472015-03-05T17:44:51.279-07:002015-03-05T17:44:51.279-07:00The bar was founded in 1899 and was aptly named Th...The bar was founded in 1899 and was aptly named The Grand Opera Saloon since it serviced theater goers attending the Opera House on Main St.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680887389241864471.post-35809228247427557502015-03-04T20:47:03.598-07:002015-03-04T20:47:03.598-07:00The saloon referred to was owned in 1901 by Willia...The saloon referred to was owned in 1901 by William E. Deeney and James C. Duffy. Both men were immigrants from Co.Donegal, Ireland and were very active in Montana miners' unions and in the Western Federation of Miners from the early 1890s. Deeney was tried for the murder of a political critic in 1891 but was acquitted. James Duffy was shot in the head and died on a bar room table in Philipsburg in 1916. Both men were also dedicated members of Clan na Gael, a highly secretive Irish-American organisation, whose object was to provoke revolution in Ireland.<br />Davy Caldwell, Irelandnoreply@blogger.com