08/06/2026
for the month of August (and beyond) we will be looking at Bent Street between 2nd & 3rd Streets.
Today, we are looking North from the intersection at 2nd Street around 1951. The movie showing at the Teton Theater was Silver City (1951) an American Western film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Edmond O’Brien, Yvonne De Carlo, and Barry Fitzgerald. Also, you can see that Bent Street is not paved and there are street lights on the corners of the intersections.
Powell Businesses on the West Side of the Street:
O.E. Bever Insurance - 200 N. Bent The Wyoming Game Vault
Teton Theater - 204 N. Bent Vali Twin Cinema
Lowell O. Stephens Law Office - 246 N. Bent (*214 N. Bent) Open Studio Folk School
Fryer’s Pharmacy - 250 N. Bent The Collective-wyo
Powell Post Office - 270 N. Bent
Rocky Mountain Gas Company - 306 N. Bent American West Realty and Management
Powell Businesses on the East Side of the Street:
Carter Servicenter - 211 N. Bent Plaza Diane Community Center for the Arts
Eddie’s Shoes - 217 N. Bent - Cut & Sew Fabrics
Pla-Mor Bowling Lanes - 219 N. Bent
Gamble Store - 223 N. Bent Dagwoods2
Bonner Variety - 227 N. Bent - 307 Powell Plaza Wyldflower
Moyer’s Drug Store - 235 N. Bent - Northwest Trading Post
J.C. Penney - 265 N. Bent Habitat for Humanity- Mountain Spirit affiliate Shop on Bent
Firestone Tires Kasinger, Franklin, & Williams - 269 N. Bent (*242 N. Bent)
L.D. Kattenhorn, M.D. - 275 N. Bent (*267 N. Bent)
* Note some of the addresses changed on Bent Street as buildings were added and changed over the years. Addresses in parentheses are from the 1949 Telephone Directory.
Photograph from the Dexter Clark Collection
