Montana Railroad History - MONTANA POSTCARDS

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SECTION 2
Montana Postcards


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RAILROADS of MONTANA HOMEPAGE

 

         This section contains postcards of various locations in Montana
When available the postcards will have a brief place name description and other relevant caption information.

The photo files are "thumbnailed" with some files being large which may take awhile to load and No...I don't have any copies of the postcards for sale as most have been resold or traded.

Many folks are wondering where the rest of the alphabet locations may  be - well, I'm working on it. Please check back now and again, I'll be adding some more images when I can.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MONTANA POSTCARDS

 A Alberton - Alhambra - Anaconda - Armstead

 B Babb - Baker - Basin - Belfry - Belgrade - Belt - Big Arm - Bigfork -
     Big Sandy - Bonner - Boulder - Bozeman - Broadview - Brockton - Browning

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Babb - A town in Glacier County near the St. Mary entrance to Glacier National Park named for C.C. Babb, the district engineer in charge of the St. Mary's irrigation project

                                                               
                                        Babb Thompson's Garage - 1950's                  Babb Thompson's Garage - 1950's - View Two 

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Baker - Fallon County Seat. Named for A.G. Baker, engineer with Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway. Original name of station was Lorraine

                                                        
    Baker Elevators and Milwaukee Depot - 1910's      Baker Elevators and Baker Lake - 1910's                Milwaukee Road Depot - 1912

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Basin - Town on original Montana Central Railroad north of Butte

                                                               
                                           Basin looking West  - 1940's                 Basin before Interstate 15 looking north - 1950's

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Belfry -

                                                                                                             
                            Belfry - Yellowstone Park Railway Depot  - 1900's                                  Belfry - 1917       

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Bigfork -

                                                               
                                           Bigfork Power Plant - 1940's                   Bigfork Main Street looking North - 1960's

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Big Sandy - A town in Chouteau County, Montana. Named after Big Sandy Creek, located a mile or so south of the town. The name was derived from the Blackfoot Indian name “Um-Es-Putcha-Eka,” meaning “Big Sandy Creek.” Likewise, Little Sandy Creek was called by the Indians “Ennuca-Es-Putcha-Eka.”

                                                         
                        Big Sandy High School - 1915         Big Sandy McNamara & Marlow Store 1913       Big Sandy Aerial View - 1950's                     

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