Comments on: “Rural” Black Eagle? http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2009/08/06/rural-black-eagle/ A weblog ("blog") about Great Falls, Montana! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:19:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JoeSchmoe http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2009/08/06/rural-black-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-474760 JoeSchmoe Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:08:15 +0000 http://www.greaterfalls.com/?p=3092#comment-474760 USPS service for many farm residents in the area comes through Black Eagle. The office is not located in a rural setting, but many of its patrons are. USPS service for many farm residents in the area comes through Black Eagle. The office is not located in a rural setting, but many of its patrons are.

]]> By: ajtooley http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2009/08/06/rural-black-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-471353 ajtooley Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:42:46 +0000 http://www.greaterfalls.com/?p=3092#comment-471353 In fairness, we all also know Black Eagle is in Montana, but the press release pointed that out, too --because the release was for the consumption of more than Montanans. In the eyes of national readers, I would say the third largest community in Montana is still pretty rural. Were you around when Ted Kaczynski was arrested? National news story after national news story referred to the locals getting provisions at the trading post. Urban readers eat that stuff up. In fairness, we all also know Black Eagle is in Montana, but the press release pointed that out, too –because the release was for the consumption of more than Montanans. In the eyes of national readers, I would say the third largest community in Montana is still pretty rural.

Were you around when Ted Kaczynski was arrested? National news story after national news story referred to the locals getting provisions at the trading post. Urban readers eat that stuff up.

]]> By: Walter Greenspan http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2009/08/06/rural-black-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-471300 Walter Greenspan Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:24:35 +0000 http://www.greaterfalls.com/?p=3092#comment-471300 It's my understanding that Black Eagle is a postal station, a branch of the Great Falls Post Office, and not a Post Office, itself. It’s my understanding that Black Eagle is a postal station, a branch of the Great Falls Post Office, and not a Post Office, itself.

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