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"Our Lady of the Rockies": The Miraculous Story Behind Montana's 90-ft Statue of Mary
One of the most picturesque views in Montana comes into focus when rounding the bend on eastbound Interstate 90, about 6 miles from the historic city of Butte. On the towering East Ridge overlooking the city sits the third-tallest statue in America: a 90-foot-tall homage to the Blessed Virgin Mary,
He vowed that if his wife recovered from cancer he would build a five foot statue of the Virgin Mary in his yard,
Then she recovered.
But when the town pitched in instead they built a massive icon of the Virgin Mary in the mountains by the town.