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# Episode 3: The Black Heart of Montana
- URL: https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-3-the-black-heart-of-montana/
- Published: 2020-10-13T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-23T18:38:38.000Z
- Author: Leif Fredrickson

In episode three, the DITW team visits a vintage, prohibition-era speakeasy and learns how Butte, Montana’s massive underground copper deposits transformed it from a mining camp to an urbanized center of wealth and power. In Oklahoma, the Little’s family’s dream of homesteading hits rock bottom.

For episode transcripts, go here: [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14CGmKknaov2o9UNejGp20XpOYWOGVnF7](https://web.archive.org/web/20241209000710/https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14CGmKknaov2o9UNejGp20XpOYWOGVnF7).