You're Old School Montana if... you remember exactly where you were the day they dropped the stack
1980s · North Central Montana
Great Falls, 1980s
The falls, the wind, and a lot of high school winters. Mostly the wind.
Memories from Great Falls
Back Then in Great Falls
Back Then
Growing Up in Great Falls in the '80s
The stack fell in 1982. The Giants became the Dodgers in 1984. Holiday Village had a rough 1989. The rest of the decade is yours to tell.
Back Then · Then & Now
Then & Now: The Black Eagle Stack
You could see the Anaconda Co. stack from 25 miles out for most of a century. It came down on September 18, 1982, and it took two tries.
Back Then · Remember This?
Remember This? Buttrey Food & Drug
Buttrey's started as a little store in 1896, landed in Havre in 1902, put KFBB on the air in 1922, and turned into Albertsons in 1998. Some of us still give directions by it.
Still Old School in Great Falls
Coming soon. Know a place that's still open? Suggest it.
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Back Then · Remember This?
Remember This? Eddie's Supper Club in Great Falls
Campfire steaks, a piano, and four generations of Newmans. Until June 2017, Eddie's Supper Club was where Great Falls went when dinner was the plan.
You're Old School Montana if... you watched a mermaid swim behind the bar and nobody at your table thought twice about it
You're Old School Montana if... your whole Friday night plan was the gym under bad lights, and nobody needed a backup
All of Great FallsAll of the 1980s
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