John E Murphy LTB Script

Today on Let’s Talk Butte, we hear excerpts of an oral history recorded at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives as part of the Verdigris Project. John Emmet Murphy is our guest today, and his family has roots in Montana going back to the late 19th century. We begin today with the tale of his grandfather’s journey to Montana territory. 

[John 1]

This is Let’s Talk Butte, and today we’re listening to excerpts of an oral history with John Emmet Murphy, recorded at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives with Aubrey Jaap and myself, Clark Grant, as part of the Verdigris Project. Up next, John tells us a little more family history that he found after some research at the Archives. Stay with us. 

[John 2]
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[John 3]

You’re listening to Let’s Talk Butte, today featuring excerpts of an oral history with John Emmet Murphy, recorded at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives as part of the Verdigris Project, which is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. John Murphy went on to work at the Berkeley Pit, serve in Vietnam, and had a long career at Montana Power. When we come back, we’ll stick with stories from John’s childhood and hear about his summer job at the Columbia Gardens. This is Let’s Talk Butte.

[John 4]
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[John 5]

You’ve been listening to Let’s Talk Butte, today featuring excerpts of an oral history with John Emmet Murphy. His oral history was collected as part of The Verdigris Project, a partnership between KBMF and the Butte-Silver Bow Archives, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Find this and other episodes of Let’s Talk Butte at our website butteamericaradio.org