Three thousand souls. Close to the largest lignite mine in the US, so if you're looking for raw lignite, this is your place. Founded the year WW1 broke out, and named for the niece of a local developer. Slogan: "Small town appeal, Big City Looks."

Well, we'll see about that.

I always start at the edge of downtown, then work inwards.

Poor building on the right got the cask-of-amontillado treatment. The flower baskets indicate there’s some civic pride.

Well, yes, unfortunately, if you don’t like it.

No doubt there’s an old facade behind the brick and siding. Buckaroo sighting #1.

No doubt there’s an old facade behind the brick and siding. Is there an echo in here? And it’s not brick, but faux stone on the bottom.

Three layer cake, two story building.

Hmm.

You know what this was, right? There’s only one thing it could be, with that style. But where was the main entrance? The ticket booth?

If there was any doubt:

Cinema Treasures: "Originally opened as the Princess Theatre prior to 1926, it was renamed Roxy Theatre in 1937. Located on the corner of West Main Street and First Avenue NW in the downtown section of Beulah. It was closed by summer of 2016."

Oh, I think it was closed a long time before that.

Now, you didn’t have to go and do that. Buckaroo count: 2.

The sheets of faux stone fooled no one, ever, anywhere.

Old car dealerships of a certain era loved the glass blocks. Modernity! They might sell four cars this summer, maybe five if the crops came in good.

OUMB:

But props for the 60s-modern signage! Nicely stripped down to its essence. Or maybe they were just cheap.

You know it has to be a public building, and indeed, it is.

Finally, something old and more-or-less unmolested.

Rather idiosyncratic. Maybe hired a local who'd never done three stories.

Hello, Andrew

The Class of 2021, captured for eternal posterity by the passing Google Car.

If they had a sense of humor, they’d hang a sign that said “Jail.”