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National
Biscuit Company Factory • 1308
Boulder Ave.
Built 1892 •
Part of the Building Still Stands
COURTESY
OF DAVE DUBÉ
The American
Biscuit Company opened this factory in Helena on Boulder Avenue
in 1892. In 1898, the National Biscuit Company (Na-Bis-Co) was
formed from the consolidation of the American Biscuit Company,
the New York Biscuit Company, and the United States Baking Company.
Even before the factory was built, wags in other Montana cities, notably Butte and Anaconda, began to dub Helena "Cracker City" in the press. This was at a time when competition between cities for the location of the State capital was intense... |
Sign of the Ginger Snap
Nabisco
Factory, Early 1900s
Delivery
Wagons, circa 1900
Invoice to Buford Mercantile Co.
Virginia City, MT
COURTESY OF THE KENNON BAIRD COLLECTION
$12.00/week in
1919 is about $220.00/week in 2025 money.
1930
Sanborn Insurance Map
1935
Earthquake Damage
View looking southeast, October 23 1935
COURTESY OF THE SEAN LOGAN COLLECTION • CLICK
ON IMAGE FOR A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
| The Sixth
Ward (depot district) where this building is located, was hit
especially hard by the 1935 quakes. Nabisco was less than one mile from the quake epicenter. At the time of the quakes,
this facility functioned primarily as a distribution center. |
Views
looking Southwest, Oct. 18 1935
THE WES AND CAROL SYNNESS COLLECTION
View
Looking West on Boulder Ave., Nov. 10 1935
COURTESY
OF THE SEAN LOGAN COLLECTION • CLICK ON IMAGE
FOR A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
Reconstruction,
1936
COLLECTION
OF KENNON BAIRD •
CLICK ON IMAGE FOR A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
View
Looking West on Boulder Ave., 2011
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