Someone Turned This Caboose Into A Perfect Little Home

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WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT ABANDONED HOTELS OR TRAINS, I CAN’T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE MOVIE, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. NOT ONLY WAS IT AN AMAZING MOVIE, IN MY OPINION, BUT IT BROUGHT ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE HOTELS OUT THERE THAT WERE ONCE PART OF THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE, BUT ARE NOW EITHER ABANDONED OR NEARLY VACANT ALL OF THE TIME. THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE STORY OF THE IZAAK WALTON INN WHICH IS LOCATED IN ESSEX, MONTANA. IT’S CLOSE TO GLACIER NATIONAL PARK,WHICH WAS A BOOMING TOWN IN 1939. THERE WERE TWO MAIN ENTRANCES TO THE PARK VIA THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT TOURISTS WOULD SOON BE VISITING, ALONG WITH AN INFLUX IN RAIL WORKERS, THE IZAAK WALTON INN OPENED ITS DOORS. THE HOTEL OFFERED MODERN DETAILS IN EACH OF THEIR 29 ROOMS. IT ALSO HAD 10 BATHROOMS, A LOBBY, A DINING ROOM, AND A KITCHEN WITH A 2-TON STOVE! AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO BUILD A THIRD ENTRANCE INTO GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, THE UNITED STATES WENT TO FIGHT WORLD WAR II AND THEN THERE WAS THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR IN 1941. THEY DECIDED TO PUT THE NEW PARK ENTRANCE ON HOLD, AND NOTHING WAS EVER MADE OF IT. THIS LEFT THE INN VACANT, BUT THEY CONTINUED TO OPERATE ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. LUCKILY FOR THEM, THIS MADE THE INN VERY SUCCESSFUL. KNOWN FOR ITS WARM STAFF AND COZY ROOMS, THE INN ATTRACTED OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS, ALONG WITH SKIERS. THEY ENJOYED THE PEACEFULNESS OF THE HOTEL, AND BECAUSE OF THIS THE IZAAK WALTON INN BECAME ONE OF MONTANA’S BEST RECREATIONAL SECRETS. THE HOTEL IS STILL THRIVING, BUT THEY ADDED A FEW UNUSUAL OFFERINGS TO THEIR RESERVATION MENU.



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