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Base Camp stores in Billings and Helena are for sale
April 19, 2023 /
In 1975, Scott Brown wanted to call his new outdoor gear store “Porcupine.” His partner wanted to call it “Switchback.”
They were knocking names around while eating at a diner. An “old hippie” sitting nearby was eavesdropping, Brown said. The man suggested naming the store after the place where expeditions begin, the base camp.
The name stuck as Brown and his partner opened their first store that year in Helena.
In 1990, they opened the second Base Camp at 1730 Grand Avenue in Billings.
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