Medical Care for 50¢ a month!

In  1900, George McGrath, a young Canadian doctor, purchased The Corner Drug.  Since 1893, he had been providing medical care to Marcus Daly's employees for 50 cents each, per month.  Townsfolk seemed fond of the country doctor, who made his rounds in a horse drawn carriage.

The August 24, 1900, Ravalli Republican noted:  "'The Corner Drug Store' is the popular name by which people designate this place of business."  Newspaper advertisements and articles early in that century officially described the business as "Bitter Root Drug Co.'s 'Corner Drug.'"  It noted that McGrath's enterprise: 

"The store is very neat in general appearance and furnishes an example of how a reliable drug store may be conducted in Montana.  Many of the stores in the eastern cities are not as well appointed as this, a fact which adds praise to the ownership and management."  

 

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BITTERROOT DRUG

211 Main Street,
Hamilton, MT 59840
Phone:  (406) 363-3611
Fax:  (406) 363-0131