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.

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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Occident Flour, Fairview Montana

This building in Fairview, Montana advertises "Occident Flour" which apparently maintained it "costs more--worth it".  I don't know what the building itself was used for.  This is located in the wheat growing region of Montana.

Main Street, Lewistown Montana

These photographs weren't actually taken with publication here in mind, but after looking at it I noticed the the painted sign on the left side of the frames.

Lewistown is a beautiful small city, the county seat of its county, in northern Montana.  Surrounded by mountains, it is extraordinarily well preserved for a northern Plains/Rocky Mountain town.  A large number of early 20th Century buildings are intact, well preserved, and in use.

Feed store, Lewistown Montana

There's actually more than one painted brick building in this photograph of trackside Lewistown Montana, but the photo was taken very early in the morning, and none of the signs are really legible.

McEwen and Central Feed, Lewistown Montana

Two buildings on the main street of Lewistown Montana.  I have no Idea what McEwen is.

Guest Post #3. Dillon Montana

And one more set from our friend Sandy:

And two older ones from Dillon, Montana. Dillon is cattle country and the home of the U of M West, aggie- quite a different flavor than Missoula, U of M.  I haven't (yet) seen any yaks in this part of the state.

Guest Post #2: Thompson Falls, Montana

Some more photos sent by our friend, Sandy:

These are from Thompson Falls, Montana along Rt 200, which follows the Flat Head River to its confluence with the Clark Fork River and on to Lake Pend Oreille.