Episode 7 - Norma Gronfein
This episode features the oral history of Norma Pilling Gronfein who came to Butte in 1947. In 1885, nearly a quarter of Butte’s stores were selling food, clothing, jewelry, hats, cigars, and hardware, to the bustling mining community. Most were Jewish-owned. The Gronfein family owned the Stratford Men’s Shop in the heart of Butte on North Main Street.
Episode 6 - Gwen Mitchell
No immigrant population made a greater contribution to Butte’s mining industry than the Cornish. They were the first ethnic group that came to the Mining district in large numbers. In this episode we’ll hear from Gwen Mitchell, both sides of whose family were Cornish who had immigrated to work in the mines.