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Cut Bank’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Cut Bank. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

3old photos & papers
2historic places
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What stands out about Cut Bank’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Cut Bank’s homes were built before 1952.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
3 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFig 16 Geologic section on Two Medicine…: stand where they stood+15 Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Cut Bank, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cut Bank yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Cut Bank is a city in and the county seat of Glacier County, Montana, United States, located just east of the "cut bank" (gorge) along Cut Bank Creek. The population was 3,056 at the 2020 census. The town was founded in 1891 with the arrival of the Great Northern Railway.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,869 to 3,056 (+7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Cut Bank, 1932 to 1995

Woven from the archive, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1932In the archiveFig 16 Geologic section on Two Medicine Creek
  3. 1939BuiltGlacier County Courthouse is built
  4. 1970In the archiveCutBankMTAerialView
  5. 1995In the archiveCut Bank Municipal Airport-MT-28Jul1995-USGS
By decade

Cut Bank, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1930s to the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
Fig 16 Geologic section on Two Medicine Creek1932Fig 16 Geologic section on Two Medicine Creek
1940s–1960snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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1970s–1990s2 items
CutBankMTAerialView1970CutBankMTAerialView Cut Bank Municipal Airport-MT-28Jul1995-USGS1995Cut Bank Municipal Airport-MT-28Jul1995-USGS
Today8 recent
BEFORE2010BEFORE AFTER2010AFTER A view from the trestle at Cut Bank Montana .... View Large On Black ^ In the autumn of 1890, Great Northern Railroad c…2010A view from the trestle at Cut Bank Montana .... View… The Point Drive Inn2009The Point Drive Inn J.C.Penney Co. sign2009J.C.Penney Co. sign 4449 Oct 17 001xRP - Flickr - drewj194620094449 Oct 17 001xRP - Flickr - drewj1946 Giant penguin2007Giant penguin Halvorson Block2006Halvorson Block
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Fig 16 Geologic section on Two Medicine Creek
Retake this viewFig 16 Geologic section on Two Medicine Creek, 1932

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Cut Bank

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
Glacier County Courthouse
in Montana
#51
by listings
Glacier County Courthouse, built 1939River View Dairy Barn
Buildings
Glacier County CourthouseBuilt 1939
All 2 listings
River View Dairy BarnBuilding · listed 2022

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Little BrowningIts story

Memory lane

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From Wikimedia Commons (11), Wikidata (1) and the National Register of Historic Places (2). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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