Editing Deer Lodge, Montana (section)

===Economic decline===
In 1961, the Milwaukee Road ended its [[Olympian Hiawatha#Post-war Olympian Hiawatha|Olympian Hiawatha]] passenger trains. Limited passenger service between Minneapolis and Deer Lodge continued until 1964, at which time all Milwaukee Road passenger service to Deer Lodge ended.{{efn|The previous major highway through the Deer Lodge Valley, US 10, ran down Main Street in Deer Lodge. Both US 10 and the Milwaukee Road contributed patrons for Deer Lodge businesses. Also, I90 made it easier for people in the Deer Lodge area to get to Butte and Missoula to do business.}}

In the 1970s, the [[Anaconda Copper Company]] suffered financial setbacks which ultimately caused its 1977 [[ARCO#Merger|merger with ARCO]]. By 1982, ARCO had closed down the [[Anaconda Smelter Stack|smelter at Anaconda]]<!--again, no inline links, use real wikilinks, and if needed cite to http://stateparks.mt.gov/anaconda-smoke-stack/ --> and stopped mining copper at Butte.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.britannica.com/topic/Anaconda-Company | title = Anaconda Company | last = Curley | first = Robert | date = October 12, 2012 | website = www.britannica.com | publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica | access-date =July 6, 2016 }}</ref>{{efn|A number of smelter employees lived in Deer Lodge.}} In 1980, the Milwaukee Road shut down its [[Milwaukee Road#The Pacific Extension|western extension]]. All of its infrastructure from [[Seattle, Washington]] to [[Miles City, Montana]] was torn out, including the rails themselves.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.american-rails.com/milwaukee-road.html | title = The Milwaukee Road, Route of the Hiawathas | website = www.american-rails.com | publisher = American-Rails | access-date =July 6, 2016 }}</ref>{{efn|The Milwaukee Road was perhaps the biggest employer in Deer Lodge.}}