Montana Tech of The University of Montana

Montana Tech is a university located in Butte, Montana. It was founded in 1900, originally as Montana State School of Mines with two degrees, Mining Engineering and Electrical Engineering. The "M" on Big Butte overlooking the city stands for Miners and was built in 1910. A statue of Marcus Daily stands at the enterance to Montana Tech. The statue was originally placed in front of the Butte post office in 1906, but was moved to Montana Tech in 1941. On January 25, 1965, Montana School of Mines became the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology (known as Montana Tech). In 1994, Montana consolidated the university system and the school joined the University of Montana and became known as Montana Tech of The University of...