Showing posts with label Baker Montana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baker Montana. Show all posts

Thursday, April 18, 2019

O'Fallon Museum, Baker Montana.


A mural on the side of of the O'Fallon Museum in Baker Montana.  Baker is in Fallon, not O'Fallon, County Montana, so presumably the "O" was dropped off of the name of Benjamin O'Fallon, after whom the county was named, at some point when Montana chose to honor the early Indian Agent and nephew of William Clark with a county name.

The building was originally the county jail and was built in 1916.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

The Bars of Baker Montana

The Corner Bar in Baker Montana.

This is a little off topic for here, as these aren't really examples of painted signs on buildings, but they are interesting in context.  These are bars on the main street of Baker Montana.

 Heiser's Bar in Baker Montana.

Baker is a town in far eastern Montana, nearly in North Dakota.  It's a long ways to Baker from everywhere and as a result its managed to retain the classic bar/grill/restaurant in strength that so many places have lost.  It's likely too far away for chains to locate in and therefore the old establishments keep on keeping on.


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