North Park in Billings in Yellowstone County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
The Purity Bread Company
Historic Montana Avenue
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 15, 2020
1. The Purity Bread Company Marker
The Purity Bread Company, based in Minneapolis, was among the first corporate wholesale bakeries to introduce packaged, sliced white bread to Billings. One Purity Bread advertisement boasted, "The well-bred run for gladness' sake to get this loaf of joy we bake; for tho' it's bread, it take the cake... Purity Bread."
Erected by Downtown Billings Starts Here. (Marker Number 1.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Food & Drink • Industry & Commerce.
Location. 45° 47.073′ N, 108° 29.899′ W. Marker is in Billings, Montana, in Yellowstone County. It is in North Park. It is on Montana Avenue (Business Interstate 90) near North 22nd Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2203 Montana Avenue, Billings MT 59101, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Yellowstone Country. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Sawyer Stores - 1928 (within shouting distance of this marker); Sawyer Stores (within shouting distance of this marker); Billings' Chinatown (within shouting distance of this marker); The Fight or Flight of the Nez Perce (within shouting distance of this marker); Battle of the Little Bighorn (within shouting distance of this marker); Children of the Large-Beaked Bird (within shouting distance of this marker); Billings: The Father and the Son (within shouting distance of this marker); Northern Cheyenne Tribe (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Billings.
More about this marker. Markers erected by Downtown Billings Starts Here are secure to streetlight standards and are only visible from the sidewalk provided they are not covered by a flower pot.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 15, 2020
2. The Purity Bread Company Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 4, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 935 times since then and 42 times this year. Last updated on September 25, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 4, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
