Town of Pray put up for sale
19.05.12
PRAY - After 59 years and three generations of toil, the town of
Pray is for sale.
Barbara Walker said it wasn't an easy decision to make.
"I really did want to get the store back operating again," she
said. "History is really important to me."
But with the loss of her husband and father-in-law in 2006, and
several years trying to revitalize the small Paradise Valley town,
Walker finally decided that maybe someone else would be better at
bringing life back to the small collection of buildings.
For $1.4 million, the five acres along Highway 540 and its old
store, newer post office, new commercial building and a few other
outbuildings can be purchased.
"It's kind of a unique property," said Bart Miller, the Realtor
for Mason & Morse Ranch Co. in Colorado that has listed the
property.
"It's really meant for someone to come in with a vision and make
a bed and breakfast or coffee shop or general store," he added.
Pray is just three miles north of Chico Hot Springs Resort, a
historic spa that sits in the shadow of Emigrant Peak. Although
Chico and about 680 people write down Pray as their mailing
address, the post office was once located elsewhere.
Source: The Missoulian
