WALKERVILLE
Silver Bow County, Montana
Walkerville is a suburb of Butte.  The post office was established in 1878 while it was still a part of Deer Lodge County.  The postmaster was Francis P. Carey. The town was named after the Walker Brothers of Salt Lake City, Utah.  They owned and operated the Alice Mine in Walkerville.  The town's residence were mostly made up of miners from Cornwall, England. The post office closed in 1959. The town still has its own government separate from Butte.

Newspaper Articles from long ago

 

The articles below were found in
The Butte Miner, Butte, Montana - January 16, 1900


A Good Story

All Walkerville Wants
(The Butte Miner - 1/16/1900)

The above article was published 13 years after the article in the next column. Didn't they know they had transportation to Butte? 

Walkerville Gets What It Wants
(The Butte Daily Post - 5/7/1887)

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, Montana - December 25, 1905

DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO WALKERVILLE MAN

Battisto Pilato, 55 years old, died suddenly in Walkerville yesterday afternoon. He had been an invalid since last summer, but his illness was not considered to be of a dangerous character.  Yesterday afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock, when his partner returned from his shift, he was shocked to find Pilato had been stricken suddenly, as he had time only partially to disrobe before the fatal attack came.

FUNERAL OF J. R. ALEXANDER

J. R. Alexander was buried yesterday afternoon.  The pallbearers were personal acquaintances and friends of the dead man. Rev. J. E. Noffsinger conducted the services. Members of the choir of the First Baptist church were present and rendered some beautiful music.

 

 

The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana - April 5, 1953

 

The Montana Standard Butte, Montana - April 5, 1953

In 1892 William Matthews (age 30) built a frame house at 52 West Daly Street, Walkerville.  On September 11, 1895 William (age 33) married Miss Sophie Meier in Walkerville.  At age 91, William and his wife, married 57 years, still lived in that same frame house he built 61 years ago.

 

 

The Walkerville Fire Department Has Had 17 Fire Chiefs 
The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana - February 2, 1958

John Casagranda, Chief of the Walkerville Volunteer Fire Department has held that post longer than any other man, although only 17 different men have served as chief in the department's 54  years.  The chiefs, by year, follow:

1903
1906
1907
1909
1910
1914
1915
1917
1918
1919		 Michael Murray
John Whelan
John Holland
Joseph Briney
John McNamee
Frank Dent
Jerry Hurley
A.E. Davis
Virgil Vacchieri
Harry Blewett		 1920
1922
1930
1934
1940
1941
1942
1946
1950		 Ed Mathews
John Bowden
Ed Mathews (Reorganization)
Francis Holland
Ed O'Neill
Pat Murphy
Ed O'Neill
Walter Murphy
John Casagranda
 

The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana - February 2, 1958