Standing sentinel, grain elevators stand watch across Montana. The "Prairie Skyscrapers" are often the tallest man-made structures for miles around. The elevators were usually close to the railroad tracks. The company would buy the grain from the farmers then store it in the elevators until it was sold and most often hauled by rail.
George, a friend of ours used to work for the Montana Grain Elevator Company many years ago.
Ismay is the smallest incorporated town in Montana and still exists because of the grain elevators there (
The Ismay Grain Company)
Looking across the prairie you can see these structures standing sentinel against the horizon.
Waiting for the people, many who will never return to communities that are now long gone.
