09/17/2026
for the month of September we will be looking at Bent Street between 2nd & 3rd Streets - all photographs are looking South towards Colter Ave.
Today we are standing in front of the Union Presbyterian Church (today - United Church of Powell) as the congregation is leaving church services in 1970.
Photograph from the Powell Valley Chamber of Commerce Collection
Powell Valley Chamber Promotional Slide Show. Slide 7 - “Looking south on Bent Street, we see our aggressive retail community. The Post Office is the 2nd building on the right side of the street.”
Business in 1970, according to the Mountain Bell Telephone Directory would have been:
East Side of Bent Street (Left):
Retail Adjustment Service – 275 N. Bent
Western Auto Associate Store – 269 N. Bent
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. - 265 N. Bent
Skyline Drug – 235 N. Bent
Anthony C.R. Company – 227 N. Bent
Bonner’s – 225 N. Bent*
Gamble’s Store – 223 N. Bent
Enco Servicenter – 211 N. Bent
West Side of Bent Street (Right):
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. – 306 N. Bent
U.S. Post Office, Powell – 270 N. Bent
Fryer’s Pharmacy – 250 N. Bent
Wilkins Jewelry & Paint – 246 N. Bent
Powell Bakery – 242 N. Bent
Town & Country Department Store – 214 N. Bent
Ben Franklin Store – 212 N. Bent
Teton Theater – 204 N. Bent
Reliable Finance Service – 200 N. Bent
*Not sure if Bonners was in business during this photograph, they were not listed in the telephone directories in the Powell city section since November of 1949.
