You Know You're An Old-Timer If...

You know you're an old-timer if...

...you partied on the Rooftop Garden at the Patterson Hotel.

...you remember getting your milk delivered in glass bottles by Yegen Dairy.

...you remember when the Bismarck Kmart was in the middle of nowhere.

...you remember getting excited to visit J.C. Penney because it had an escalator.

...you remember sipping on a can of Bismarck Beer.

...you still call The Woodhouse "King's" even after all these years.

...you remember collecting S&H Green Stamps.

...you remember shopping at Red Owl - or how about Piggly Wiggly.

...you remember watching the original capitol burn to a crisp.

...you remember having to hop a train to travel between Bismarck and Mandan.

...you still call Dan's Supermarket "Supervalu"; or Central Market "Econofoods".

...you went to Will School.

...you remember shopping at White Mart, A.W. Lucas, or better yet... Webb Brothers!

...you attended Bismarck Junior College inside the current Bismarck High School building.

...you remember when the 19th Street Bridge across Interstate 94 was built.

...you remember when Bismarck Expressway or Century Avenue were 2-lane roads on the edge of town.

...you still call the Ramkota "Kirkwood Motor Inn".

...you spent a night at the Grand Pacific Hotel, or even know what it is.

...you remember when the Patterson Hotel was the McKenzie Hotel.

...you remember the last MAJOR flooding, no not that seen in 2009, but the Spring of 1952.

...you remember when Denny's was a Village Inn (that's a restaurant by the way, not a hotel).

...you had your swimming lessons early in the morning at the frigid Elk's Pool because it was the only pool in the city.

...you remember when Kirkwood Mall was Y-shaped with just 3 anchors.

...you have a degree from Bismarck Business College.

...you remember kicking back at the Front Page Tavern.

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