Gourley Brother's Bakery

 
 

            A short distance from Shorty Young's Office is The Gourley Brother's Bakery. So close, in fact, that it might have been possible for Shorty to have smelled fresh baked bread while working at his desk.
            Also in its original location, the bakery provided a quality assortment of breads, rolls and sweets to local residents on a daily basis. Like Simon Pepin and L. K. Devlin, the Gourley Brothers got their start baking for the soldiers at Fort Assinniboine.  But like other businessmen that depended on the fort for a living, the introduction of the railroad and the closing of the post in 1911, forced them to seek new markets for their goods.

            The tour guide will offer visitors Beneath the streets a cookie when they enter the red and white tiled hall and pass through the double doors that leads to the bakery.  The original oven still exists in the back wall of the exhibit where fresh bread appears to be cooling.  Other equipment needed to prepare the daily assortment of delicacies is also on display in the bakery including a display case filled with an assortment of pastries ready for imagined customers.
            Building on the success of their bakery, The Gourley Brothers eventually added ice cream to their list of favorites and their ice cream parlor became a popular hangout for local patrons.