Prairie Skyscrapers

Some Still Standing, Some Gone Forever

In her Travel With Spirit article (travelwithspirit.media) headlined Montana’s Disappearing Skyline, author Teresa Otto published a great story on how prairie skyscrapers are disappearing across Montana. Here is how her article began.

“Cleiv?” “Nope.” “Collins or Lodge Grass? Nope. Those are gone, too. But there’s one in Wyola that still has the logo on the north side of the elevator,” said Bruce Selyem, author of the books Old Time Grain Elevators and Old Time Grain Elevators II.

He is an authority on the subject and president of the Country Grain Elevator Historical Society. He and his wife, Barbara Krupp-Selyem, make the rounds visiting Montana’s old elevators, saying fewer are standing as each year passes.

Otto was writing about wo...