The 250-page Guidebook that accompanies the conference is available for downloading as PDFs. Note that the following files each include the title page and copyright statement. Also, because of copyright considerations, two of the essays in the printed Guidebook are not included in the files below. File sizes and the number of pages in each of the five sections are indicated. The Conference Schedule with Abstracts is not included in the Guidebook, but can be downloaded separately and will be provided as hard copy for attendees.

Introduction and Acknowledgements (8 pages, 780 K)

Essay Portion (72 pages, 7.4 megabytes), including:

• The Nature-Built Landscape: Geological Underpinnings of Butte, by Richard I. Gibson
• Mining Industry Foundations of the Built Environments of Butte and Anaconda, by Dr. Fredric L. Quivik
• Butte, the Gibraltar of American Labor: An Overview of Butte Labor History, 1878-2008, by Brian Shovers
• Butte, 1950-2009: Decline, Loss, and the Rise of Historic Preservation and Cultural Tourism, by Richard I. Gibson
• The Finney House in Nevada City, Montana and the Notion of Heritage Transformation, by Dr. Kingston Wm. Heath and Dr. Randall May Heath
• Breaking Ground for Agriculture: Gallatin Valley, MT, by Dr. Maire O'Neill

Southeast Tour: Pony, Virginia City, Nevada City, Alder-Laurin, Twin Bridges (32 pages, 4.2 megabytes)

June 10-13, 2009