Ohadi Drive-In

111 N. 8th Street,
Plummer, ID 83851

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on March 30, 2024 at 3:47 am

The O'Hadi (with an apostrophe) advertised in the 1961 Plummer High School yearbook, the Elsquitut.

The drive-in was missing from a 1954 aerial photo. Topo maps in 1959 and 1966 showed a northwest-facing screen close to 8th Street. The 1982 topo map showed the screen another 200 feet north, matching its location in a 1975 photo. The drive-in was still there in 1981, but gone by 1998.

aprildhowell
aprildhowell on October 30, 2016 at 9:40 pm

This theater was owned by my grandmother, Ermel Reed founder of Reed’s Cafe. It was later owned by my parents, John and Judy Russell, while they owned the cafe, ~1977 to approximately 1990. It closed under their ownership. The name is Idaho spelled backwards.

Kenmore
Kenmore on June 12, 2016 at 12:19 am

A closer address (at least for Google) is 111 N 8th Street, Plummer, ID. You can still see some of the ramps. http://tinyurl.com/jh8s7yj

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 24, 2011 at 6:57 am

8th St & A St, Plummer, ID 83851

The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in.

Here is a 1975 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 15, 2007 at 4:07 am

The almanac gave the address as “c/o Reed’s Cafe Highway 95”.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 15, 2007 at 4:06 am

That’s the way I entered it.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 15, 2007 at 2:16 am

You know, Bryan, no one likes a teacher’s pet. I could have figured that out in a few weeks if you hadn’t jumped in.