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Tap ’er Light Don Peoples Sr.
Don Peoples Sr. passed away at the age of 86 last week. He was chief executive of Butte-Silver Bow from 1979 through 1989.
The 1980s brought economic despair to the Mining City with the closing of the mines. Butte survived — and even thrived — because Peoples was the chief executive of Butte-Silver Bow every year of the 1980s. He led us through that difficult decade with toughness, determination and an impossible sense of optimism.
A saddened community said goodbye to the man who just might have been its best leader of all yesterday. Without the leadership of Peoples in the 1980s, that sad…
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