Patrick works at the Grasshopper Inn.
The address is Polaris, Montana.
Polaris is now more of an area than a town.
The Grasshopper Inn in the distance
See the story of these two men and the pig here.
Patrick & Smeagol
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When you put Polaris, Montana into a GPS, you are led to this spot.
A bit of history - "Polaris is a mining ghost town …. The Polaris Mine was an important silver property which was located January 31, 1885. It was worked steadily and the ore was shipped by team and wagon to Dillon. In 1892 it was sold to a New York syndicate. Later, the Silver Fissure Mining Company, organized with Harry Armstead in charge, bought the mine and planned extensive improvements. They built forty miles of road from the mine to Armstead, a station on the Oregon Short Line. The smelter was destroyed by a fire in 1922 and by 1955 only a tavern called the Polar Bear [sic], a two-story log house, and a shed were left. Polaris was named by mining engineers for the north star, also known as Polaris. (from Cheney's Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company)"
Polaris does have a functioning post office and its own zip code.
Patrick says the ranchers still talk about wild times at the Polar Bar.
Even though it was open until the early 1990s, it never had indoor plumbing.
Check out this video about the Polar Bar
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