Tuesday, February 4, 2014

A Town Named Bearmouth

From the collection, postmarked Bearmouth, Montana, 1910

Real Photo Postcard

Enlargement

Travel brochure, 1928, Northwest


All the Round Trip Summer Excursion Fares -- 1928

Note From Chicago to Bearmouth, $65.35!
Some 18 years after the postcard was mailed,
wondering how much Bearmouth had changed.

Message side of the card.
Bearmouth location today on Google earth
Pretty much in the middle-of-nowhere.
Rock formation along side I-90 at Bearmouth
Could this be the source of the name?
[photo by John]

Thanks for stopping by John's Island.
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