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Greeting Friends of the Steam Plant, We have an URGENT update and request of you (Before Sunday March 9th ) Last year we applied for the MT Historical Preservation Grant – We are currently sidelined in today’s Legislative process. Please take 5 minutes ( Please be a respectful MT Voter )– Simply send an email to your Legislator with this subject line: “Please Reconsider the Butte Steam Plant Event Center under HB-12 / HB-756” Your Legislator can be found Here: https://www.legmt.gov/legislators/ Please include a paragraph of a heartfelt personal memory (Family member work at HANSEN PACKING ?), or the logical reasoning of not losing a Butte TREASURE (It is part of the Timber Butte landscape). We were sidelined from House Bill 12; MT Historic Preservation Grant under different criterion than we had applied – WE FIT ALL THE NEW CRITERION. We do not expect the original asking amount because the budget just isn’t there – BUT minimally we must Preserve the Envelope; Chairman John Fitzpatrick said it best: “…protecting the building envelope; in other words, fix the roof, fix the exterior (east) wall(s) fix the foundation; (our foundation is flawless reinforced concrete poured down to solid granite on Timber Butte in 1928) fix the doors and windows, so that the structure is intact, so that it can be developed for some other future purpose but you’re saving the structure at the same time.” So Minimally we are asking to replace the 1)roof, 2)windows and 3)doors in that priority order. (Especially those Clarestory Windows on the Roof !! Who wants to go up there twice..? death-defying!) That will arrest the Freeze-thaw that is destroying the East Brick Wall (…a new brick dislocated this last below zero night because of frozen water expansion – Could have hit me in the head LOL ) Thank-YOU BUTTE AMERICA; Jason & Lita Christensen

John Osterman’s Gas Station. John was a Swedish sailor who ended up in Peach Springs, #Arizona, where he decided to open a gas station in the early 1920s. His name is forever affiliated with this now abandoned gas station that sits on Historic #Route66. Its importance was respected and it was added to the National Registry of Historical Places. In 1925, John sold the gas station to his brother Oscar who then built a larger garage and living quarters. The station closed some time during the 1990s, but it’s all but forgotten, as renovation talks continue to be in the works. Memories of this particular gas station are prominent amongst the Hualapai Tribe members as the gas station actually sits on their reservation. I read an account of a memory from one tribe member, who recalls similar memories that I had with my local gas station, of going in as a child and getting to pick out some candy and soda; these are childhood memories of happiness. Memories of happiness may play a role in why we tend to look at abandoned gas stations so fondly. Gas stations were commonly seen as a community gathering spot. Even the treatment you received during the days of full-service gas stations, where an attendant would pump the gas for you and clean your windshields, would have made anyone feel like they were getting the royal treatment. You can say that these gas stations are an important part of American culture and remain nostalgic. And, when you’re on the verge of running out of gas and see a station nearby, the relief is undeniable! The other question I tend to ask myself is “Why are there so many abandoned gas stations?” The simplest answer I can offer is that the upkeep of gas stations is costly, and those with older technology are better left behind, as fixing them can be an environmental nightmare. Thankfully, some, like John’s Osterman’s gas station, are catching the eye of those who find them important to historically preserve.