This week on Sunday Morning (August 1)
July 29, 2021 / 6:42 PM / CBS News
Host: Jane Pauley
COVER STORY: The boom-and-bust history of Butte, Montana
For a small town, Butte, Montana is rich in history – from being, at one time, the largest city between Chicago and San Francisco, to being the site of one of the world s most productive copper mines. But the closing of mines, and their distinction of being home to one of the nation s largest Superfund sites, have long cast a shadow over the place. Last summer the residents of Butte turned a corner in their efforts to reverse environmental damage and be delisted as a Superfund site. Correspondent Luke Burbank reports on how the town s past is informing its march forward.