If you’re not a first generation Montanan, you’re well aware of how much the Treasure State has changed over time. Even the Last Best Place isn’t immune to shops and restaurants closing, houses being replaced with modern apartment buildings, and new people and businesses coming to town. These photos will remind your of the Montana your parents, grandparents or great grandparents once knew.

  1. These are the Buckley Sisters, Mabel, May and Myrtle, in their hometown of Terry in 1914.

Noé Alfaro / Flickr These ladies were locally famous because their father turned the family ranch over to them since he never had sons. The ladies ran the ranch in skirts, turning down invitations from Wild West shows because they were dedicated to their jobs.

  1. Here’s Deer Lodge’s Main Street in the 1950s.

simpleinsomnia / Flickr Back then, the Old Montana Prison Museum was just the Montana State Prison.

  1. Any guesses on the year of this vintage postcard of Missoula?

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  1. Wow! This is a rare shot of Main Street in Bozeman in the late 1930s.

simpleinsomnia / Flickr Hotel Baxter is one of the only buildings we recognize.

  1. Here’s Main Street in Lewistown, year unknown.

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  1. West Yellowstone has always been a charming place, but just look at it in the 1950s.

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  1. Townsend really hasn’t changed much since the early 1960s.

Ethan / Flickr The cars, however, have.

  1. This is Wisdom (obviously) in 1939.

Library of Congress Is Baker’s Garage still open?

  1. We love this photo of Philipsburg in 1942.

Library of Congress This beautiful town hasn’t changed much at all, but the black and white gives it a vintage look.

If you love looking at old photos of Montana, check out these images from World War II.

Noé Alfaro / Flickr

These ladies were locally famous because their father turned the family ranch over to them since he never had sons. The ladies ran the ranch in skirts, turning down invitations from Wild West shows because they were dedicated to their jobs.

simpleinsomnia / Flickr

Back then, the Old Montana Prison Museum was just the Montana State Prison.

Dave / Flickr

Hotel Baxter is one of the only buildings we recognize.

Roadsidepictures / Flickr

Ethan / Flickr

The cars, however, have.

Library of Congress

Is Baker’s Garage still open?

This beautiful town hasn’t changed much at all, but the black and white gives it a vintage look.

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