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Landmark Attractions In Southwest Montana

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The Southwest Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the Southwestern United States from 1975–1977. The Southwest Hockey League was established in 1975 to train players for professional leagues. Ralph Engelstad, a former University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey goaltender, Las Vegas casino owner, construction magnate, and entrepreneur, conceived and financed the SWHL in the early 1970s, along with his younger brother, Richard. Six cities awarded teams were: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Amarillo, Texas; Billings, Montana; Butte, Montana; El Paso, Texas; and Reno, Nevada.The purpose of SWHL was to provide a profes...
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Landmark Attractions In Southwest Montana

  • 1. Our Lady of the Rockies Butte
    Our Lady of the Rockies is a 90-foot statue, built in the likeness of theBlessed Virgin Mary, that sits atop the Continental Divide overlooking Butte, Montana. She is also intended to be entirely nondenominational, and was dedicated by workers to woman everywhere, especially to mothers. It is the fourth-tallest statue in the United States after Birth of the New World, The Statue of Liberty, and the Pegasus and Dragon. The statue was built by volunteers using donated materials to honor women everywhere, especially mothers. The base is 8,510 feet above sea level and 3,500 feet above the town. The statue is lit and visible at night.
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