The Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives will continue its Brown Bag Lunch series on Wednesday, January 31, with a presentation by Bob Brock about Copper King William A. Clark. For more than a year, Brock followed the trail of Copper King William Andrews Clark and chronicled his journey to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Jerome, Washington D.C. and New York City in six installments in the Butte Arts Monthly. Bob will be sharing excerpts and photographs from his series, examining the spoils and costs of Clark’s conquest, and discussing how following the footsteps of a Copper King revealed many deep parallels that still exist between these cities and Butte.

Bob Brock grew up in Butte and is a 2001 graduate of Butte High School and 2005 History graduate from the University of Montana. For more than a decade he has been a union organizer with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and now, based in Butte, is organizing coordinator for all the western United States. In his travels, he encounters many links like Clark’s that tie Butte to the rest of the country and Bob now chronicles these connections online at www.coresamples.blog.

The presentation will begin at noon and run about an hour at the Archives, 17 W. Quartz. Guests are encouraged to bring a sack lunch. Coffee and water will be provided.

Brown Bag Lunches are held the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. Upcoming lectures will focus topics of local interest. For more information, contact the Archives at 782-3280.