JohnsonsOfStmary.com
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Johnson's of St Mary, MT - Visit Glacier National Park's East Side
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Excerpted from the website:
- We were small ranchers working in Browning to support a herd of cows and a bunch of kids. While on a Sunday drive with Ed Hilton, he mentioned he had leased a spot at St. Mary, for a gas station. We had bought a temporary shop from a contractor just before this, to tear down. It was 40 feet square, and new lumber. We offered the building for a combination restaurant and gas station. It was crude, no electricity or running water. In 1952 we got electricity. We hauled our water in barrels from St. Mary River. We slept in a tent behind the restaurant for five years. We were open from 6a.m. to 10p.m. Ruth worked that shift every day. I ran the ranch but gave it up after three years, and sold the cattle to buy this land on the hill.
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