50-556: The Anaconda Standard was a newspaper published in Anaconda, Montana . The first issue was published on September 4, 1889 and the final issue was published on June 20, 1970. The Anaconda newspaper was funded by Marcus Daly and owned by his company the Anaconda Copper Mining Company . It is likely the newspaper was created in reaction to a rivalry between Daly and Thomas H. Carter . On September 12, 1928
100-629: A consolidated city-county government, is located in southwestern Montana , United States. Located at the foot of the Anaconda Range (known locally as the "Pintlers"), the Continental Divide passes within 8 mi (13 km) south of the community. As of the 2020 census the population of the consolidated city-county was 9,421. As a consolidated city-county area, it ranks as the ninth most populous city in Montana, but as only
150-616: A consolidated city-county government in 1977. Part of Anaconda is included in the Butte-Anaconda Historic District . Central Anaconda is 5,335 ft (1,626 m) above sea level , and is surrounded by the communities of Opportunity and West Valley. The county area is 736.53 square miles (1,907.6 km ), characterized by densely timbered forestlands, lakes, mountains and recreation grounds. The county has common borders with Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, Granite, Jefferson and Powell counties. According to
200-546: A Republican candidate since Calvin Coolidge in 1924. In the last five elections before 2016, the Democratic candidate has won by 21% to nearly 49% of Deer Lodge County's vote. In gubernatorial elections, the only Republican to carry the county in the last twenty years was Marc Racicot in the 1996 election. In that election the original Democratic nominee, Chet Blaylock, died and Marc Racicot carried every county. The city
250-553: A capital city . The campaigns for the referendums were heated, ending with a victory for Helena , the location supported by Daly's rival William A. Clark . In 1903, the Socialist Party of America won its first victory west of the Mississippi when Anaconda voters elected a socialist mayor, treasurer, police judge, and three councilmen. The Socialist Party had grown within the expanding Montana labor movement. Initially,
300-679: A city is far smaller. Anaconda was founded by Marcus Daly , one of the Copper Kings , who financed the construction of the Anaconda smelter on nearby Warm Springs Creek to process copper ore from the Butte mines. Daly originally named the site "Copperopolis", but that name was already used by Copperopolis, Montana , a small mining town in Meagher County . Instead, Daly accepted the name "Anaconda", and on June 25, 1883, Daly filed for
350-449: A license fee of $ 750,000/year through 2007. On August 13, 2012, it was announced that Tesoro would purchase ARCO and its refinery for $ 2.5 billion. The deal came under fire because of increasing fuel prices. Many activists urged state and federal regulators to block the sale because of concerns that it would reduce competition and could lead to higher fuel prices at ARCO stations (ARCO stations make up more than half of all stations with
400-572: A much smaller open-pit mine east of the defunct Berkeley Pit. ARCO was the responsible party (by its ownership of Anaconda Copper at the time operations were terminated) for the largest U.S. Superfund site —a site that takes in the towns of Butte and Anaconda, and 120 miles (190 km) of the Clark Fork River including Milltown Dam . The region's water and soil were polluted by a century of mining and smelting. Chemicals of concern include many heavy metals and arsenic. On 7 February 2008,
450-507: A refinery in Pennsylvania for $ 420 million to Dutch trader John Deuss , who rebranded the stations to their former name Atlantic . Deuss later sold the stations plus refinery, pipelines and terminals in 1988 to Sunoco for $ 513 million. In 1986, ARCO began to accept bank ATM cards (which later became debit cards) at its stations by adding on a transaction fee of initially 10 cents for those sales while maintaining cash-only sales at
500-467: A sponsor of the just-moved Sacramento Kings basketball franchise and had obtained the long-term naming rights for both their temporary and permanent homes, Original ARCO Arena and the purpose-built ARCO Arena . After BP acquired ARCO in 2000, BP decided not to renew the naming rights to the arena when the sponsorship was due to expire in February 2011. During the 1980s and 1990s, ARCO had sponsored
550-463: A sudden drop in the price of copper to below seventy cents a pound, the lowest in years, caused ARCO to suspend all operations in Butte, Montana . By 1983, only six years after acquiring rights to the " Richest Hill on Earth ", the Berkeley Pit was completely idle. By 1986, some ARCO properties were sold to billionaire industrialist Dennis Washington , whose company, Montana Resources, operates
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#1732797882840600-548: A town plat using that name. There exists another story that the name was selected by the United States postmaster of the time, Clinton Moore. However, Moore filed the post office application in October 1883, well after the town plat was filed. When Montana was admitted as a state in 1889, Daly lobbied to have the capital moved to Anaconda, and Montana legislators decided to hold two referendums in 1892 and 1894 to choose
650-463: A week. During each event, which was relayed from KKNU in Springfield , the same commercial advertisement for ARCO/ BP gasoline could be heard, along with the words "This test has been brought to you by ARCO". Further investigation by the primary station transmitting the commercial revealed that the spot had been produced using an audio clip of an actual EAS header which had been modified to lower
700-574: Is currently in the 39th district of the Montana Senate and is represented by Republican Terry Vermeire in the 2023 legislative session. Anaconda is also in the 77th district of the Montana House of Representatives , which has been represented by Republican John Fitzpatrick since 2023. This is the first time since 1945 that the city has been represented by a Republican in the state House of Representatives. Elected in 2017, Bill Everett
750-672: Is known for its low-priced gasoline compared to other national brands, mainly because of an early 1980s business decision to emphasize cost cutting (cash/debit-only policy) and alternative sources of income (ampm). ARCO is headquartered in La Palma, California . Tesoro was renamed Andeavor in 2017, and shortly afterwards introduced the ARCO brand for the first time in Mexico by the opening of ARCO branded stations in Tijuana . The introduction of
800-493: Is the current CEO. The CEO is elected by a plurality vote on a non-partisan ballot for a four-year term. Four schools are part of Anaconda School District 10, including a Head Start program ; Lincoln Elementary (grades K-3), Fred Moodry Intermediate School (grades 4–6), and Anaconda Junior-Senior High School (grades 7–12). The mascot of Anaconda Junior-Senior High School is the Copperheads. The Hearst Free Library serves
850-461: The Berkeley Pit and the Anaconda, Montana Smelter. ARCO founder Robert Orville Anderson stated "he hoped Anaconda's resources and expertise would help him launch a major shale-oil venture , but that the world oil glut and the declining price of petroleum made shale oil moot". The purchase turned out to be a regrettable decision for ARCO. A lack of experience with hard-rock mining and
900-584: The Köppen climate classification , Anaconda has a humid continental climate . For Anaconda, US Census Bureaus's 2015-2019 American Community Survey showed a median household income of $ 41,820. Anaconda had earlier peaks of population in 1930 and 1980, based on the mining industry. On main street is the Washoe Theater , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . It was
950-630: The Standard merged with Butte Miner , based in nearby Butte, Montana , to form The Montana Standard . Daly used the paper to further his political and financial reach. By 1920, the Anaconda Company owned several additional Montana newspapers including the Butte Post , Butte Miner , Daily Missoulian , Helena Independent , and Billings Gazette . Anaconda, Montana Anaconda , county seat of Deer Lodge County , which has
1000-574: The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced that prolonged litigation with ARCO ended when ARCO agreed to pay $ 187 million to finance natural resource restoration activities. Anaconda Copper still nominally exists, but only as a massive environmental liability for BP. Atlantic Richfield Co and its then parent BP America agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by about 700 current and former residents of Yerington, Nevada, who lived near
1050-543: The (now) Santa Fe Springs, California –based independent Thrifty Oil group of 250 stations found throughout California after a damaging price war which the independent Thrifty was unable to win. On July 5, 1990, an explosion at an ARCO Chemical Co. facility in Channelview, Texas killed 17 people and injured five others. On April 18, 2000, ARCO was purchased by BP and completely merged into BP operations. There were two exceptions due to FTC requirements: ARCO Alaska
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#17327978828401100-475: The 1970s and 80s, ARCO was one of the largest companies in the world, consistently a top 20 company of the Fortune 500. After its subsequent fracture in the late 1980s and early 90s, ARCO became a subsidiary of UK-based BP plc in 2000 through its BP West Coast Products LLC (BPWCP) affiliate. Due to the increasing cost in processing credit card sales, ARCO eliminated its own private credit card program and also
1150-707: The ARCO brand and other American brands in Mexico came after Mexico ended the monopoly of state-owned Pemex . In spring of 2018, Andeavor began rebranding some SuperAmerica branded stations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota to ARCO. Andeavor was acquired by Marathon Petroleum in 2018. Following the acquisition, Marathon hinted at keeping the ARCO brand name while rebranding Andeavor's other brands either as standard Marathon stations (for franchised locations) or Speedway locations (for company-owned locations); stations still owned by BP may either remain as ARCO or rebranded as Amoco , as BP does not own
1200-628: The Anaconda Copper Mining Company tolerated socialist activities, but when the Socialists gained political power and threatened to implement reform, the company systematically undermined the party. City workers and councilmen refused to cooperate with the new mayor, and the company began to fire Socialists. In the long run, labor lost ground in Anaconda and the company exerted ever greater political control. The Anaconda Company expanded smelting capacity over time; by 1919
1250-529: The Anaconda mine built in 1941. The company paid in Nevada up to $ 19.5M for settlement. EPA tested in 2009 wells and found that 79% of the wells north of mine had dangerous levels of uranium and/or arsenic. In September 2010, the staff of KCST-FM in Florence, Oregon , noticed that the station's Emergency Alert System (EAS) equipment would repeatedly unmute as if receiving an incoming EAS message several times
1300-559: The Atlantic Richfield Company as a subsidiary to handle environmental claims against BP for the clean-up of former Anaconda mine properties. ARCO was formed by the merger of East Coast –based Atlantic Refining and California-based Richfield Oil Corporation in 1966; the company's name is an acronym of the two companies' names. A merger in 1969, brought in Sinclair Oil Corporation . In
1350-462: The BP territories of the northwest. It has more than 1,300 gas stations in the western part of the United States, and recently (as of 2017 ) five gas stations in northwestern Mexico. After the Atlantic Richfield Company acquired Sinclair Oil in 1969, Atlantic Richfield decided to merger their three separate service brands into one and call it ARCO. $ 60 million was spent in the rebranding effort. Over
1400-535: The Washoe Reduction Works could boast that its 585-foot (178 m) smokestack ( Anaconda Smelter Stack ) was the tallest masonry structure in the world and that the smelter-refining complex constituted the world's largest non-ferrous processing plant. In 1980, Atlantic Richfield Company closed the smelter, bringing an end to almost a century of mineral processing. While some aspects of the operation had been cleaned up under environmental laws, closing
1450-636: The acceptance of all bank credit cards, such as Visa and MasterCard, in 1982. In this way, the company was able to pass the resulting savings on to its dealers, which resulted in the company becoming the only major gasoline retailer to accept only cash at its stations. In 1985, ARCO's East Coast stations were not doing very well so ARCO sold 400 service stations in eight states and the District of Columbia to Shell for an undisclosed price and also sold 576 service stations in Pennsylvania and New York plus
1500-526: The annual ARCO Concerts in the Sky summer jazz series at the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Thornton F. Bradshaw, 1966–1981 William F. Kieschnick Jr, 1981–1985 Lodwrick M. Cook , 1985 Robert E. Wycoff, 1986–1993 Michael R. Bowlin, 1993–1998 Michael E. Wiley, 1998–2000 Robert O. Anderson , 1966–1985 Lodwrick M. Cook , 1986–1995 Michael R. Bowlin, 1995–2000 Currently,
1550-606: The area. Anaconda is on Montana Highway 1 off of Interstate 90 . The Highway extends to Drummond and is known as the Pintler Scenic Loop. East of town is the Montana Highway 48 junction. Bowman Field is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of Anaconda. The nearest commercial airport is Bert Mooney Airport in Butte. The Community Hospital of Anaconda provides medical care to
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1600-485: The brand name ARCO is being used by Marathon Petroleum as a brand of gasoline service stations in the United States and Mexico. In Northern California, Oregon, and Washington states, the ARCO brand is licensed for exclusive use to BP for the sale of gasoline in those areas. Any independent station can adopt the ARCO brand in any territory that is covered by the Marathon Petroleum distribution network outside
1650-624: The brand, uses it in Northern California , Oregon and Washington , while Marathon has rights for the rest of the United States and Mexico . ARCO was established in 1966 as the Atlantic Richfield Company, an independent oil and gas company formed from the merger of Atlantic Petroleum and the Richfield Oil Corporation . From 1966 to 2000, the Atlantic Richfield Company, doing business as ARCO,
1700-622: The commercial from airplay. Starting in 1965, ARCO sponsored the ARCO Jesse Owens Games, an annual track meet for children aged ten to fifteen that was started by Olympics gold medalist Jesse Owens . In 1980, ARCO became a sponsor of the 1984 Summer Olympics that were held in Los Angeles and had helped financed the refurbishing of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . In 1985, ARCO became
1750-691: The course of 2004 and 2005, ARCO signs were replaced with signs that still had the ARCO spark, but BP's Helios (BP's new white, yellow, and green "sunburst" mark named after the Greek Sun god, replacing the old British Petroleum shield mark) is also located on the sign. A new tagline "ARCO—part of BP" also appeared on some signs and advertisements. ARCO was known for sponsoring the ARCO Arena (now Sleep Train Arena ) in Sacramento, California , with
1800-523: The header's volume and presumably prevent it from triggering false positive alert reactions in EAS equipment. The spot was distributed nationally, and after it had once been identified as the source of the false EAS equipment trips, various stations around the country reported having had similar experiences. After a widespread notification by the Society of Broadcast Engineers was issued, ARCO's ad agency withdrew
1850-528: The laboratory experienced significant contraction. It finally closed shortly after the 2000 acquisition of ARCO by BP. During the 1970s, the United States government and states such as California sought to encourage companies to invest in the development of low-pollution renewable energy sources. Oil companies such as BP, Shell, and ARCO began to look into photovoltaics . In 1977, ARCO purchased Chatsworth-based Solar Technology International, renamed it ARCO Solar, and moved it to Camarillo. In 1982, ARCO constructed
1900-617: The last theater constructed in the United States in the Nuevo Deco style. The theater was designed in 1930 by B. Marcus Priteca , an architect from Seattle and opened in 1936. It was listed by the NRHP for architectural significance in 1982. It currently is used for showing films, plus periodically hosting plays and other types of entertainment. Deer Lodge County voters have a record as the most consistently Democratic county in Montana for Presidential elections. These voters have not supported
1950-665: The lowest fuel prices in California). On June 3, 2013, BP sold ARCO and the Carson Refinery to Tesoro for $ 2.5 billion. BP sold its Southern California terminals (Vinvale, Colton, San Diego, Hathaway, and Hynes) to Tesoro Logistics LP, including the Carson Storage Facility. BP sold the ampm brand to Tesoro for Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada. BP exclusively licensed the ARCO rights from Tesoro for Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. ARCO
2000-508: The previous low price. In the beginning of the 1990s, a subsidiary, ARCO Power Technologies, later Advanced Power Technologies (APTI), was the primary contractor for the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP Project). ARCO having hired Bernard Eastlund led to conspiracy theories about weather control and warfare. In March 1997, ARCO also leased almost all the gas stations of
2050-569: The rest of the company was integrated into BP. In 2012, BP sold its Carson refinery, 800 ARCO stations in California, Arizona and Nevada, and the ownership of the ARCO brand to Tesoro for $ 2.5 billion while paying Tesoro for an exclusive license for use of the ARCO brand on its stations in northern California, Oregon and Washington which will be continued to be supplied from BP's Cherry Point Refinery in Washington state. BP has retained
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2100-537: The rights to the BP name due to licensing-based reasons in the Western United States. Following the merger, ARCO and Marathon began to be marketed together with Marathon stations replacing various Andeavor brands in the Western markets (including Exxon , Mobil and Shell stations under license with ExxonMobil and Shell , respectively) while ARCO returned to Eastern markets for the first time since
2150-438: The smelter resulted in a large area contaminated with hazardous wastes. Since then, an operation for environmental cleanup was put into place by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and executed with the assistance of ARCO . The multimillion-dollar cleanup and redevelopment has resulted in the "Old Works" Golf Course, a championship 18-hole course designed by Jack Nicklaus . Anaconda joined with Deer Lodge County to form
2200-719: The tallest twin towers in the world until the completion of the World Trade Center in New York City . In 1986, joint owners ARCO and Bank of America sold the buildings to Shuwa Investments Corp., the American subsidiary of Shuwa Co. of Tokyo, for $ 650 million while both remained tenants in their respective named towers. ARCO moved out of the building in 1999. The building was renamed City National Plaza in 2005. ARCO's Oil & Gas division headquarters were in downtown Dallas, Texas . The headquarters' building
2250-420: The town. The Anaconda Leader is the local newspaper. It is published twice weekly. KGLM-FM is licensed in Anaconda. It is owned by Butte Broadcasting Inc. Anaconda has been a filming location for a few movies, documentaries and a TV show, including: ARCO ARCO ( / ˈ ɑːr k oʊ / AR -koh ) is a brand of gasoline stations owned by Marathon Petroleum . BP , which formerly owned
2300-709: The world's first photovoltaic central utility power plant, a 1-megawatt facility near Hesperia. Unfortunately for ARCO, the solar panel industry was costly and not very profitable, so it was looking for a buyer by 1989. It finally sold the company to the German company Siemens for $ 36 million in 1990. In 1987, ARCO Chemical Co. was spun off and taken public, with ARCO selling 19.9% to the public. Lyondell Chemical Company (now LyondellBasell ), bought ARCO Chemical in 1998 for $ 5.6 billion including ARCO's entire 82.2% ownership stake. ARCO merged with Anaconda Copper Mining Company of Montana in 1977. Anaconda's holdings included
2350-663: Was a 46-story office building designed by architect I.M. Pei , the ARCO Tower . The building is now called Energy Plaza . From the 1960s, until the end of the twentieth century, ARCO operated a highly significant research and development center in Plano, Texas, on land purchased in 1964 by the Atlantic Refinery Company. Its golden age was arguably in the early to mid 1980s, when it was led by Robert L. Hirsch . A standout example of ARCO's research at that time
2400-652: Was an independent American oil company with operations in the United States, Indonesia, the North Sea , the South China Sea and Mexico . After its acquisition of Anaconda Copper Mining Company in 1977, ARCO had owned hard rock mines in several western states, which has created environmental clean-up liabilities to the company to this day even after the mines were closed in the early 1980s. In 2000, BP Amoco (now BP) acquired ARCO for $ 26.8 billion. ARCO's retail and marketing operations were kept separate while
2450-583: Was sold by BP to Phillips Petroleum , and ARCO Pipe Line Company was acquired by TEPPCO , a subsidiary of Enterprise Products . From 1972 to 2000, ARCO's global corporate headquarters were in the ARCO Plaza in Los Angeles at the corner of 5th and Flower Streets, the site of Richfield's former headquarters . Upon completion in 1972, the ARCO Plaza towers were the tallest buildings in the city for one year before being overtaken by Aon Center , and were
2500-570: Was the pioneering study on 4D seismic surveying by Robert Greaves and Terry Fulp. This consisted of repeated 3D seismic surveys which successfully mapped the effects of enhanced oil recovery processes as a function of time. This work was recognized for its seminal importance over 20 years later by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists . Besides Greaves and Fulp, the laboratory produced a number of other distinguished alumni during this golden age, including scientists John Castagna , Michael Batzle, Geoffrey Dorn, and Marius Vassiliou . In later years
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