Cached supplies
Lewis and Clark left supplies here on the routes through the valley.
AUTHENTIC DESIGN
ENDURING STYLE
TRUE QUALITY
DILLON, MONTANA
THE THRILL OF THE TRADE
AUTHENTIC DESIGN
ENDURING STYLE
TRUE QUALITY
DILLON, MONTANA
THE THRILL OF THE TRADE
AUTHENTIC DESIGN
ENDURING STYLE
TRUE QUALITY
DILLON, MONTANA
THE THRILL OF THE TRADE
Western state of mind
Curated for people who know the difference.
We curate products across the Western hemisphere for real cowboys, ranchers and outdoorsmen, and revel in sharing the secrets of craftsmanship - over a coffee or a drink - with everyone we meet.
Old trade routes / Beaverhead Valley1805 1862 1881 2013
About Us
Dillon was already a place where the West came to trade.
Long before Atomic 79 opened its doors on North Montana Street, Dillon was a crossroads where miners, ranchers, wool merchants, and cowboys passed goods, swapped stories, and stocked up before heading back into the wilderness. The town's very bones were built on the thrill of the trade.
Gold rush
Prospectors flooded the Beaverhead Valley and put Dillon on the map.
Railroad town
The railroad made Dillon the distribution point for an entire region.
Atomic 79 opens
A new trading post takes root in a 120-year-old dry goods building.
Gold, leather, and trust
A craft learned one pair at a time.
Atomic 79 opened in 2013 in a 120-year-old building that once housed the Eliel Brothers dry goods store - a nod to those original merchants who knew that lasting commerce is built on trust and expertise. The name pays tribute to gold's atomic number, a quiet salute to the prospectors who first put this valley on the map.
From the beginning, the store has been anchored by Schwarz Custom Boots, where Dan and Julia Schwarz carry on a craft learned from master bootmakers in Saint Jo, Texas. Award-winning at the Art of the Cowboy Makers Association shows, the Schwarz boots are built one pair at a time, each one a story in leather and thread.
The trading post now
A place for people who value what's real.
What Atomic 79 has created is something Dillon has always needed and always, in some form, had - a trading post for people who value what's real. The bar in the back, the custom boot studio, the hand-picked tools and tack from Mexico and Argentina: it all comes from the same instinct that drove those early traders along the Beaverhead River.
Quality was the standard then. It still is now.
COFFEE
CRAFTSMANSHIP
CUSTOM BOOTS
REAL GEAR
TRUE QUALITY
COFFEE
CRAFTSMANSHIP
CUSTOM BOOTS
REAL GEAR
TRUE QUALITY
COFFEE
CRAFTSMANSHIP
CUSTOM BOOTS
REAL GEAR
TRUE QUALITY
