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The Black Star Brewery replaced Great Northern Brewery which for some reason didn't try to stay in the building when it and the grocery store behind it were sold a couple years back. Black Star/Great Northern replaced the Cadillac Hotel and Hanging Tree Restaurant and Bar (my dad owned the Tree for a short time around 1980).
Interesting story: The Cadillac Bar, which adjoined the hotel rooms on the south, was a town gathering place; an organist there for a short time at mid-century was Joan Smith, who later became Mrs. Ray Kroc, wife of the McDonald's magnate and well-known philanthropist.
The bar and restaurant was rechristened the Hanging Tree in the 1960s, after the book of the same name by author Dorothy Johnson, who was a resident of Whitefish.
Interesting story: The Cadillac Bar, which adjoined the hotel rooms on the south, was a town gathering place; an organist there for a short time at mid-century was Joan Smith, who later became Mrs. Ray Kroc, wife of the McDonald's magnate and well-known philanthropist.
The bar and restaurant was rechristened the Hanging Tree in the 1960s, after the book of the same name by author Dorothy Johnson, who was a resident of Whitefish.
Jul 16 2022