The Railroad, with a Giant Switch Yard at Left, Is Large Enough to Support Nearby Hotels and Café’
“ We are in love with everything this morning and talk about good things all the way down a sunlit morning street to a restaurant.“ Main Street by Railroad Yard, Laurel MT
A giant Railroad Switch yard (2nd next photo), which runs parallel to Main Street, is to the immediate left in this photo. Ahead at right by trees is the Hurzler’s nearest restaurant and the only 1968 Laurel restaurant close enough for walking rather than crank up the machines and ride. From the Hurzler it is one shady sunlit block South to Main Street and just over one block West to the Restaurant. Beside it is, you guessed it, a Bar!! The large brick building with yellow bricked-in windows, was previously also an old hotel, probably for the paying RR passengers, rather than RR employees. I believe this is the Old Yellowstone Hotel. On close investigation this hotel does not fit the clues re the ZMM hotel in Laurel. The back (and sides) of this building did not have any evidence of having had an earlier rear second level porch. For example, I did not see at the second level; doorways, old mounting bolts, flashing, water stains, etc. Nor was there any places to have had a porch on account of a close adjacent street, close adjacent buildings, and a tight fitting alley at rear, etc.
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