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become a successful livery and real estate career. Owsley was one of a handful of Butte pioneers who built their fortunes on commercial property rather than resource extraction. In 1869, he married Katie Van Ettin of New Jersey, who died shortly after the marriage. In 1889, he remarried Bertha "Irene" Pease of
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William Owsley moved to
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Beginning in the late 1880s, Owsley built several large brick commercial buildings in Butte that bore his name. The largest, completed in 1891 and named the Owsley Block, was a six story brick building that was the first large business block constructed in Butte. As of 2019, two Owsley buildings
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On May 2, 1882, William Owsley was elected as the fourth mayor of Butte, Montana. Owsley ran on a democratic ticket that was primarily focused on labor protection for white workers, and that promoted
Chinese exclusion. He served two consecutive one year terms
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