Jas. S. O'Rourke
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| City | Livingston | ||
| State/Province: | MT | ||
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| Country: | USA | ||
| Updated: | 2012-02-19 | ||
| Historical Entry: (Added by: BigKev on 2010-04-08) | |||
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| Historical Entry: (Added by: 1953packard on 2010-08-29) | |||
| During the 1920's, an enterprising young man by the name of James O'Rourke started an Oldsmobile and Packard dealership in Livingston, MT. At that time, Livingston was an important train stop. This is where 'rich' tourists from the east got off the train and made their way down to Yellowstone National Park. Apparently he did well in Livingston, as he soon moved to Billings and became the distributor for Packard for the entire state of Montana and northern Wyoming. His dealership was located on First Ave. South, near the railroad. The building is still in existence today and the facade is much like it was in the 1940's. Unfortunately, the old "Packard" sign is long gone. | |||
| Historical Entry: (Added by: David Grubbs on 2012-02-19) | |||
| This is a photo of the Livingston MT dealership. The caption above is from an article I wrote for the Cormorant a few years back - the address given is for the Billings dealership, not the Livingston one. I haven't found the Livingston dealership yet - this will be a project for another day.  | |||
| Historical Entry: (Added by: David Grubbs on 2012-02-19) | |||
| Photo is compliments of Kevin Kooistra-Manning at the Western Heritage Museum in Billings MT  | |||
| Historical Entry: (Added by: David Grubbs on 2012-02-19) | |||
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| Historical Entry: (Added by: David Grubbs on 2012-02-19) | |||
| A photo of James O'Rourke, taken in Red Lodge MT, southwest of Billings. I think that the car is a 46 Clipper. The gas station is still in operation. | |||
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