Rimini
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A view from 1939:
RIMINI, (5,192 alt., 85 pop.), is the trade center of
a district that has produced gold, silver, and lead to the
value of $3,000,000. A few mines are still worked by lessees.
Shortly after the discovery of its silverlead lodes in the
early 1880's, the citizens saw the drama of Paolo and Francesca
da Rimini performed by a road company; they recorded their
approval in the new camp's name. Montanans pronounce it "Rim'-in-eye."
Source: Montana: A State Guide Book; Compiled and Written
by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration
for the State of Montana; September, 1939. |