{"id":3557,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:11","latitude":45.96224299765504639481150661595165729522705078125,"longitude":-112.50775158405303955078125,"title":"Mountain View Cemetery","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/389c75fc674f3d2defeb5bb1a7782d7c.jpg","address":"","all_locations":[],"zoom":19,"creator":["Story of Butte"],"description":"Near the entrance is the Fabian’s Rest grave, marking the final resting place of Joseph Fabian and Mary Fabian, who owned and managed the cemetery. Fabian, a versatile worker—chef, smelter employee, and watchman for Basin Creek Reservoir—was also a Silver Bow County commissioner. During his term, he championed infrastructure projects like the Butte-Anaconda Highway and Roosevelt Drive.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFabian joined Mountain View’s board around 1918 and became president in 1922 after outpacing Thomas Tomich in a board shares dispute. Fabian and his family moved into the cemetery’s superintendent house, solidifying their role in its operations. After Fabian’s death in 1938, his son Carroll acquired full control, making Mountain View a family-owned cemetery—a tradition that continues today.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"Founded in 1910 by Joseph Richards, Samuel White, and William Bailey, Mountain View Cemetery was Butte’s first privately owned cemetery. Joseph Richards, a former Mount Moriah board member, caused a stir when he resigned in 1906 to establish this new venture. The cemetery’s iron fencing was sourced from Detroit, and the first recorded burial was George Luwe in June 1910.","website":"","related_resources":[],"factoids":["Featured grave: <br />\r\n<br />\r\nWoodrow Platt, son of Norwegian immigrants Anton and Mathea Platt, studied piano at St. Olaf College and Loyola University. A skilled musician, he served as the organist at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and was active in the musician’s union.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDuring World War II, Woodrow <br />\r\nserved in the Army and later <br />\r\nworked as a postal clerk. In <br />\r\n1933, he adopted the stage <br />\r\nname “Marvin the Magician” <br />\r\nand launched his career as a <br />\r\nmagician, delighting <br />\r\naudiences with performances <br />\r\nsuch as “It’s Fun to Be Fooled” at the Rialto Theatre. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nVelma, born in Dillon, Montana, in 1918, married Woodrow in 1941. The couple shares a unique headstone engraved with an image of their levitation act.<br />\r\n<br />"],"files":{"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/389c75fc674f3d2defeb5bb1a7782d7c.jpg":{"id":5866,"mime-type":"image/png","title":"Pictured is the entrance to Mountain View Cemetery.","description":"","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/389c75fc674f3d2defeb5bb1a7782d7c.jpg"}}}