Downtown Hamilton, Montana

[zoinkpanooley]

LOL to updated my previous post, Disorganized Crime came out in 1989 so, of course, a lot of things have changed, not just in Hamilton, Montana but everywhere, but this video brings back a lot of good memories of the movie and Hamilton is a place I would love to visit because of the movie and even Montana itself looks like a beautiful state

[hamilton59840]

Just a quick update...

The Filling Station Grille now occupies to where

the Out West store and ice cream shoppe once existed,

and a new eatery called The Loft serves some yummy

food dishes upstairs.

Taco Del Sol now occupies where the Banque Club Fine Dining

once existed, serving up lots of yummy south-of-the-border favorites,

while The Banque is now a sports bar, and an extended branch

of the Ravalli County Bank occupies to where the Exchange

served food and had live music a few years ago.

[zoinkpanooley]

wow, still looks the same as it did in Disorganized Crime

[hamilton59840]

@zoinkpanooley Well, almost looks the same.

I know that some places that were shown in the movie,

(such as the local burger hop and Hardee's) were demolished

and replaced by a Calamity Jane's Casino and a Walgreen's store.

4-B's is no more and the building was renovated and replaced

by Lucky Lil's Casino, and a lobby-recreation room now fills

the space where Lucky Lil's did business.

The overhead traffic light on the corner of 3rd and Main is gone

and was replaced by a 4-way stop sign....

[truepyro28]

@hamilton59840 movie? in what movie

[hamilton59840]

@zoinkpanooley Other places that went belly-up or have been

replaced include Anthony's, along with Atlas Travel, Banque/Exchange Club...

(which is now The Banque Club and Taco Del Sol, downstairs, and a

Ravalli County Bank home loan center, upstairs)

Aspen Leaf Bar was also demolished and was replaced by

the Silver Coin(now Office/Silver Coin).

What was the Brass Rail in the movie is now Club 93.

And, of course, the Silver Bridge is gone and was replaced

by the Veterans Bridge.

[hamilton59840]

@zoinkpanooley I also remember watching "Disorganized Crime".

That movie was so funny.....LOL

R.I.P. Fred Gwenne and Hoyt Axton.

[hamilton59840]

Now, I know that this area's changed, economically.

When I did this video, Maggie's was still in business, before it was sold and later renamed the Main St. Cafe, until it went belly-up in 2009,

and then, the Filling Station Grille opened up for business later in the year, and is still doing well today.

Some other businesses in this video have either moved away or closed up shop for good,

due to the sluggish economy...

However, some new places have opened

(or will open soon) are settin' up shop.

[pinkcharriez516]

OMG i LIVE IN HAMILTON SAME PLACE OMG!!!!!!!

[rxsk8r16]

my family lives here..

[EvilEwok]

Well hey that's cool, root out the original persona of what embodies montana. Nothing wrong with being "cowboy", especially in the west. I guess I should be happy though that a hippy did take notice of something other than his drug enduced haze.

[hamilton59840]

BTW....I don't drink, or smoke, nor do drugs.

And I'm not into that hip-hop/rap stuff either.

I generally avoid the party scenes

and hang out on computer or take long naps. ;)

[widgeonslayer]

Hamilton is a great place to live if you like watching whats left of our forest get incinerated ,or want to be a really authentic cowboy!!! Well at least to can have ten horses on a two acre ranch.

[hamilton59840]

I know that we had some bad wildfires a few years ago, but this years's snowpack looks better...But still, I worry about the extreme dry season and people who don't have common sense in being careful with fire.

In addition, I'm not one of those redneck "cowboy" types here in Hamilton.

I pretty much go against the conservative grain with my retro-counterculture ways of life, with my psychedelic art and rock-n-roll music. ;)

[EvilEwok]

BTW, please stop riding your bike while carrying a camera, not a very ideal point of view.

[hamilton59840]

Actually, I secure my camera to my portable

"monopod" tripod unit(which is secured to my bike's front carrier) first, and then proceed with the footage.

I don't have a car, nor do I have any

plans of driving or owning one in my lifetime.

And thus, this is the only way for me to do

some footage.

It would'nt be wise to stand in the middle of the road to do my filming...

And since I don't have intentions of owning

a gas-guzzling motor vehile, bicycling is the way to go.