Rim Rock Drive-In
1348 Selms Road,
Bridger,
MT
59014
1348 Selms Road,
Bridger,
MT
59014
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Boxoffice, Feb. 13, 1954: “The Rimrock Drive-In was sold at a sheriff’s sale to Aldrich and Co. and Marshall Wells. The business will be resold to settle the bills due these two firms and other local business firms.”
Boxoffice, May 15, 1954: “BRIDGER, MONT. - Construction of a new screen tower got under way at the Bridger Drive-In here immediately following its sale to Ed DeRudder by Aldrich & Co. and Marshall Wells store, the two firms which bought the business earlier at a sheriff’s sale. Replacement of the screen tower was necessitated after a heavy windstorm last summer destroyed the old tower. George DeRudder, son of the owner, will manage the ozoner and two other sons, August and Frank, will assist.”
A closer address is 1348 Selms Rd, Bridger, MT.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.
Today, the property is a private residence with no trace of the drive-in remaining.
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I’d guess that the drive-in eventually changed its name to the Hillside Drive-In, which advertised in the 1968 and 1969 editions of the Bridger High School yearbook, the Scout. The 1970 edition had an ad for the “Hellside Drive-In,” a typo that the undersigned Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jares and Family probably didn’t like.
The closest address is 1349 Selms Rd, Bridger, MT 59014. It was located opposite this address with the rocky cliffs behind it, hence the name of Rim Rock. It can be seen in 1957 and 1976 topo maps. There’s now a residence on the property.