This was in the Miles City Star Stardust column a while back.

Junked car bodies and
other large items such as
abandoned shacks or big
trees will be accepted for a
week and be hauled away
for free and dumped into a
coulee designated for that
purpose by the city. Any-
one with unsightly, bulky
eyesores can call the police
department and leave a
name and address.

Makes me wonder where the coulee was and did they actually bury the stuff or just pile it up and let it rot.

I also wonder if they would today be willing to haul away a bunch of the very finest good stuff the world has ever seen including perhaps a Lincoln Town Car or two and maybe a Rolls Royce.

I can't imagine doing that today. I do wonder where the coulee is? I only know it is near the old garbage dump on Airport Hill. Yeah, I wonder what would get hauled today.

Yes, the Sheffield Road coulees are the ones that come to mind for disposal of old crap in 1968.

The coulee leading to the 1902 Bridge from Sheffield Road was a favorite spot for keggers and plinking with your .22 in my day. If I remember correctly, a kegger held their would be announced as "At the '54 or '57 referring to a wrecked car their.

1970s anthropology is fun.

Bob, it was a 57 Chevy (as I recall, it was riddled with bullet holes).

[Edited by Hal Neumann (7/29/2019 2:50:51 PM)]

I believe you are right, Hal.

Had many a great nights around old hill 57. I had 1977 ford f150 with big tires and hoped up motor and at the time was one of the few in town that could climb that hill.