Podcast No. 326: Brenda Wahler

The ButteCast with Bill Foley · Feb 24, 2026 · 1h 18m

Many of us Butte Rats think we know Marcus Daly, the famed Copper King whose likeness is immortalized in a statue that sits on top of West Park Street.

Well, Brenda Wahler really knows Marcus Daly. She probably knows him as well as anybody currently alive, anyway.

Brenda has written two books about Daly. Her first book, “Marcus Daly’s Road to Montana,” was released in 2023. Her next book, “Marcus Daly’s Montana Empires,” will hit the book shelves next Tuesday, March 3.

Together, these are the first comprehensive biographies of Daly since 1956.

In the books, she details the complex life of man…