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The "Sun River Grocery
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Be sure to see the
"Square Butte" mural
painted
on the west side of the grocery store. |
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Across the road is Ginger's Cafe & Saloon.
Next
door to Ginger's is a famous dance hall. |
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The original two story Murray Hall
(1883)
burnt to
the ground in 1920. |
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The "Odd
Fellows Club" immediately replaced the popular gathering place
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with the
intention of adding a second floor when more funds became
available.
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Inside
you'll find a dance floor that sits on top of many steel
springs, |
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much like
a modern-day basketball court.
The wood
floor
is still in good shape. |
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All you
need is a couple dancers, a fiddle, and some dry corn meal
to
sprinkle |
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on the
floor so your boots can slide effortlessly during a "Two Step."
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The brick
Sun River Elementary
School was built in the 1880's.
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The building
now houses the Sun River Volunteer Fire Department.
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To walk along the Sun River we need to park at
the "Fishing Access" behind the |
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"Sun River Grocery Store."
The
corridor is the remains of an old railroad bed. |
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You
can still see the bridge "footings" in the river. |
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The
water level is low now
but this
was the scene of disastrous flooding
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during the month of June in the years 1908, 1916,
1927 and 1964. *** |
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You know us, we like
the "Big Picture." So we included
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pictures of the
headwaters of
the Sun
River. |
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The
Sun River
received its name from the Piegan Indians, |
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"Natoe-osucti,"
which means "Medicine" or "Sun River."
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The Highway Historical
Marker on State Route 89 north of Augusta suggests the
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name probably was given
because of the unusual mineral deposits possessing marked
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medicinal properties
which exist in a side gulch of the Sun River Canyon. |
