found these old pics from a blog about where I grew up in Minot ND pretty cool thought you might like to see.
Great photos, thanks, especially that hotel during construction and finshed. What's a Piggly Wiggly's?
I have Minot pics...taken in person while stationed there in the USAF. My hotel pic shows much newer cars of course, and my shot down main street shows the front of my 58 Vette at the curb. Ellisons - clothing store - I had a charge account there. Great city during the summer...real serious winters. We flew choppers (H-19s and H-43Bs) out to the missile sites ferrying Boeing engineers and AP guards back and forth. I remember Minot fondly...even have some pics of the 'christmas tree' where the B-52s sat ready to go. Left there driving a C-119 to Fairchild AFB. dj
cool stuff. I really like to see photos of the insides of new car dealerships as I collect that stuff for 49-54 Chevys. everything was much cooler back then. everything is plastic throw away shit now.
I clearly remember my first trip to Minot. I went with my dad to some conference for road builders that was being held in Minot, it would be the late fall of 1961 and we went in his new 1962 Pontiac Strato Chief (Canadian). It was the first time for me crossing THE border. Minot was an absolute wonder and I recognize some of the buildings. The next time was in about 1972 and I was riding my 1967 Harley Dresser and it developed a very disconserting knock, pulled into a Texaco to ask if there was a Harley dealer in Minot, Guy who worked there Tom Carson, I think told me there was no dealer but he rode a Harley and he knew what was wrong with mine, sent me to his house and phoned his wife Kathy to say we were on our way and take care of us til he got there after work (several hours later). When he arrived he said we would be staying for supper and set to work fixing my bike, it was a loose compensater sprocket, he had the tools and the talent fixed it in no time and had us stay overnight so we could have an early start in the morning. We wrote back and forth for a short while but likes so many things lost touch. I will never forget him or his families kindness. I was in Minot coming back from Sturgis a couple years ago, took that route just for nostalgia, downtown is dead and an edge of town WalMart has changed the dynamics of this once beautiful city. Ain't progress wonderful!
I clearly remember my first trip to Minot. I went with my dad to some conference for road builders that was being held in Minot, it would be the late fall of 1961 and we went in his new 1962 Pontiac Strato Chief (Canadian). It was the first time for me crossing THE border. Minot was an absolute wonder and I recognize some of the buildings. The next time was in about 1972 and I was riding my 1967 Harley Dresser and it developed a very disconserting knock, pulled into a Texaco to ask if there was a Harley dealer in Minot, Guy who worked there Tom Carson, I think told me there was no dealer but he rode a Harley and he knew what was wrong with mine, sent me to his house and phoned his wife Kathy to say we were on our way and take care of us til he got there after work (several hours later). When he arrived he said we would be staying for supper and set to work fixing my bike, it was a loose compensater sprocket, he had the tools and the talent fixed it in no time and had us stay overnight so we could have an early start in the morning. We wrote back and forth for a short while but likes so many things lost touch. I will never forget him or his families kindness. I was in Minot coming back from Sturgis a couple years ago, took that route just for nostalgia, downtown is dead and an edge of town WalMart has changed the dynamics of this once beautiful city. Ain't progress wonderful!
Piggly Wiggly was the worlds first self-service grocery store, founded in 1916 in Memphis. There are two right by me. Oh yeah, great pics- thanks!
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