Dixon bar still making history
Doug Reum and Denise Burland sling drinks at the Dixon Bar seven days a week. The bar is a museum and memorial to the owner who was a Vietnam veteran and member of the Academy of American Poets. The bar was a recent set for a Shaboozey music video. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
The historic Dixon Bar in Sanders County holds the longest continuous liquor license in Montana. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
In 1812, David Thompson established a trading post near his namesake town of Thompson Falls and began traveling up the Flathead River exploring and trading furs with the Native Americans.
A small post was established in Dixon, which was formerly known as Jocko City but renamed in reverence of Gov. Joesph Dixon. The town was a division point for the Northern Pacific Railroad and by 1904, it had grown enough to open its own Post Office.
The Dixon Bar, being the only bar in the town, has the honor to this day of holding the longest continuous liquor license in Montana.
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