Dillon grows from 480 to 753 acres as street blocks fill
The Dillon town core formed around Helena and Center streets with early wooden buildings. From 1881 surveys by James Page and later additions by Poindexter, Metlen, and Smith expanded the city to 753 acres by 1921, with new subdivisions such as Smith addition and P and O South adding residences and street names like California Street.
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Dillon
Montana Street
Helena
Center Streets
James M. Page
Poindexter
P and O
Stah
Metlen
Barnetts
Pearl I. Smith
West Park
W. E. Chapmen
William Chapman
Smith’s
Smith Addition
Luther Smith
California Street
Dakota Street
Deacon
Relics of County Past Found Permanent Beaverhead County Museum
Beaverhead County museum began in 1942 when local DAR members led by Mrs. W. W. Willey exhibited donated furniture dishes and clothes. The Normal college art room housed the early display and a museum association formed with Mrs. Willey as president. Plans for a larger permanent site gained momentum led by Mr. Wetzel and others, with a 1947 vote approving a $13,000 building on the depot lawn facing Montana Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
DAR
W. W. Willey
Dillon
Normal College
Willey
Georgia Matthews
W. W. Wetzel
Beaverhead Forest
W. Murfin
Chamber of Commerce
Wetzel
Fred Woodside
Depot Lawn
Montana Street
Museum
C. Gosta Miller
Rush Jordan
Gene Bond
W. M. Murfin
Ben Davis
Robert Gregg
Parker. Scott
G. A. Decker
Arlo Herman
Alice Orr
Jean Bishop
Roy Forrester, Jr
Waldron Boger
Albert Erickson
Dave Williams
Leonard Schultz
John Collins
Willis Haskell
Edwin Whitworth
Ralph MceFadden
Harold Palmer
Frank Tyre
Beaverhead Museum
Beaverhead Museum Opens After Fund Drive And Groundbreaking
The Beaverhead Museum project culminated in a December 18 1949 handover to the association after a 1948 1949 campaign. Mr A H French led the groundbreaking on April 16 1949 and 700 attendees helped inaugurate the log building at an open house on March 19. A volunteer corps led by W W Wetzel et al plans ongoing weekly openings and donations funds are sought to finish improvements and a donors plaque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zel
A. H. French
Association
Joe Klebba
City Council Overrides Mayor On Saloon License Reform
City Ordinance Number 59 set saloon licenses at 150 dollars semi annually. The council passed the motion over Mayor Charles Padley's veto, reported by the Examiner on April 8, 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Padley
Examiner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eliel
Montana
B. F. White
John Walter
Dillon Creamery
Hatfield
Chevron Petroleum
College Motor Co
Studebaker
S. Atlantic
Community Service
Columbia Diamonds
Columbia
Gem of Devotion
Elgin
Hamilton
America
Rogers Bros
Holmes & Edwards Sterling
Parker
Vie
Idaho
Ani
Beaverhead
Evans Innes
Harold Hendren
E. J. Donovan
Sylvester Meade
T. E. Luebben
Harold Warner
E. L. Poindexter
R. M. Gregg
Marie Anderson
Lois Hazelbaker
O. A. Bergeson
J. C. Wedum
T. F. McFadden
E. Reeder Sr
Frank and
Verle Lasich
The
Dillon Examiner
Great Falls
Dillon, Montana
Carter Oil Company Petroleum Products
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
New Idea Farm Equipment Co
Advance-Design Farm Machinery
P. J. Lovell Co
Glendale and Pacific
North
Machinery Showroom
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