Boulder
Hot Springs
aka Diamond "S" Ranchotel
Boulder
Hot Springs, located 33 miles south of Helena in Jefferson County, was built in 1890. It was later known as the Diamond S Ranchotel,
and is now again operating as Boulder Hot Springs. In the 1960's,
the Diamond S was famed for its Saturday night smorgasbords.
For
an excellent history of the establishment, please visit the Boulder Hot Springs website. |
Boulder
Hot Springs Lobby, circa 1900
Early
Detox Facility
Beginning
in 1893, a Dr. George W. Archer operated a "Keeley
Institute" franchise at Boulder Hot Springs. The treatment
consisted in part of four-times-daily injections of "bichloride
of gold". Another Keeley franchise operated at Alhambra
Hot Springs, near Clancy... |
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Two Views of Boulder Hot Springs, 1920s
COURTESY
OF WENDI KOTTAS PETERSON
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IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
Boulder Hot Springs Sleigh, circa 1926
CCOURTESY
OF JACK FROST
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Standing on the front
runner of the sleigh is Lewellyn "Lewis" Frost (1891-1929).
Boulder Hot Springs Becomes "Diamond S Ranchotel" in 1940
| in 1940,
James E. Murray sold the resort to C.L. “Pappy” Smith,
who changed the name to the "Diamond S Ranchotel", by
which it was known for the next 35 years or so. |
1940s
Postcard View
COLLECTION
OF KENNON BAIRD
Early
1950s Postcard View - Diamond "S" Ranchotel
CCOURTESY
OF THE DAVID POOR COLLECTION
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Early
1950s Postcard View
COURCOURTESY
OF THE DAVID POOR COLLECTION
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IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
Two Colorized Postcard Views
CCOURTESY
OF THE DAVID POOR COLLECTION
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COURTESY
OF THE DAVID POOR COLLECTION
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IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
"...definitely
not a honky tonk."
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ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
Matchbook
1940s-50s
Popular
Smorgasbord
