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1 9 2 3 | P E R S P E C T I V E 6 1 be the perfect place to shoot a 1920s period piece." I had no idea that a couple of years later, I would get to do just that. The world has changed a lot in the last century and turning the clock back to 1923 certainly presented challenges. Butte worked better than most. Yes, the show had to deal with chronological inconsistencies that were definitely NOT period. For example, one of our most important locations was the EXT. TOWN HALL set. The Butte Water Department building, located on a T-intersection at the corner of Granite and Alaska Streets, was perfect. Catty-cornered on one side was the Silver Bow Center, another perfect building for both the exterior and interior of the Montana Livestock Commission set. Unfortunately, catty-cornered on the other side was the very unattractive 1980s Montana Department of Corrections building. Using both physical and VFX alterations, the production transformed the look of the corrections building and made it work. For the most part, though, we were able to find the locations we needed for both the interiors and exteriors that looked good and were period-correct, and gave us our Bozeman, MT 1923. The next big challenge related to the Dutton ranch. What would the series do about the huge, historic lodge that plays the ancestral home of the Dutton family and is visually a character in C. REFERENCE PHOTO OF THE YELLOWSTONE LODGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 1917. COURTESY OF ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, MANSFIELD LIBRARY, THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA. C B