Unvarnished Facts on Union Pacific in Beaverhead County
The Union Pacific Dillon operation served as a key historic terminal for the Utah and Northern route. In 1956 it used 1,359 freight cars at Dillon area stations and was Beaverhead County’s largest taxpayer, employer, and payroll contributor. The UP paid $742,674 in Beaverhead wages, part of $1,255,359 in Montana.
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Fifth in Dillon business firms sponsored advertisement series
A long list of local Dillon businesses across categories includes apparel shops, banks, cafes, drug stores, cleaners, hardware, electric services, auto dealers, florists, hotels, jewelry, food stores, laboratories, lumber yards, and more. The roster underscores merchant participation in a coordinated promotional effort by the Beaverhead chamber and local firms.
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Eliel
Hazel’s Style and Beauty
McCarthy’s
the Toggery
First National Bank
State Bank & Trust Co
Beauty Shop
Helenann
the Oasis
Skeets Cafe
Chamber of Commerce
Geo. M. Gosman
Mitchell’s City Drug Store
Beaverhead Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Davis Electric
Dillon Implement Co
Dilmart
Gamble Stores
Montana Power Company
Vigilante Electric Cooperative
Cochrane Motors
Mockel
Montana Auto Sales
Ice Cream and Dairy Products Store
Big Dipper
Payear
Melton Agency
Andrus Hotel
Metton Hotel
Mountjoy Flowers & Gifts
Jack’s Market
Warner’s Food Store
D & L Jewelry Stamm Jewelers
Beaverhead Laboratory
Lumber Yards
Beaverhead Lumber Co
Standard Lumber & Coal
Creamery
Examiner Printing Co
Shaffer Bakery
Dillon Portrait Studio
Green’s Shoe Service
Larsen’s
Beaverhead Bar Supply
Lee Hoerning
Texas Co
Motor Supply, Inc
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