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They owned the largest boarding house, financed the Broughton Brothers general store, established the Alice Hospital, the Alice Reading Room, the Alice Fire Department, and the Alice Mine and Mill Band. In 1878, that band paraded with over 150 members of the newly formed Butte Workingmen’s Union, protesting because the Walkers cut wages from $3.50 to $3.00 per day. The Walkers restored the $3.50 rate, giving the union its first victory. After Walkerville incorporated in 1890, William Hall, the Alice Mine’s superintendent, became its first mayor, naming the streets William, Rose, Pearl, and Sybil for his children. A cable car connected Walkerville to Butte in 1889, and Walkerville grew as Butte miners moved into densely clustered houses. Nevertheless, evidence of Walkerville’s origins as a silver camp remain. Many Main Street buildings date to the 1870s and 1880s, and the community retains an independent spirit.</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/c7bfbd2e52c00386a47def79f249a002.jpg","items":[{"id":3331,"title":"Reed House","latitude":46.0264508307514148555128485895693302154541015625,"longitude":-112.5343644618988037109375,"thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/c7bfbd2e52c00386a47def79f249a002.jpg","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/c7bfbd2e52c00386a47def79f249a002.jpg","subtitle":"10 O'Neill, Walkerville","address":"10 O'Neill Street, Butte, MT","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":3435,"title":"Santa Claus of Walkerville 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