The Celtic Cowboy
In 1890, Welsh immigrant Robert Vaughn, who was the first white settler in the county, and had become wealthy in the ranching business in the Sun River Valley outside of Great Falls, MT, determined that there was a need in the downtown area for the ‘most advanced livery stable in the West’. Thus became the Arvon Block, named for his daughter Arvonia.
The building housed a livery stable, freight transfer office, hotel and vegetable market. Vaughn, who by that time had received the nickname “The Celtic Cowboy” by the press, went on to become one of Great Falls earliest philanthropists and leading citizens. Fast forward 123 years to October of 2013 when we we proudly brought you “The Celtic Cowboy Pub and Restaurant” and the Hotel Arvon, evoking the lively times of the past in what is now one of the very few buildings left from the early days of Great Falls.
We hope to see you here, where Ireland meets the west!
Hotel Arvon, 1st Avenue South, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 0.01 mi (straight line)
Mighty Mo Brewing Co, Central Avenue, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 0.25 mi (straight line)
Crooked Tree Coffee, 1st Avenue North, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 0.34 mi (straight line)
Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Co. Production and Packaging Facility, 3rd Avenue South, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 0.41 mi (straight line)
Gibson Park Trail, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 0.43 mi (straight line)
17 7th Street South, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 0.48 mi (straight line)
West Bank Park, 4th St NE, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 0.70 mi (straight line)
800 River Dr N, Great Falls, MT 59401, USA
Distance: 0.91 mi (straight line)
C. M. Russell Museum, 13th Street North, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 0.97 mi (straight line)
923 10th Ave N, Great Falls, MT 59401, USA
Distance: 1.09 mi (straight line)
Roadhouse Diner, 15th Street North, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 1.25 mi (straight line)
Blackfeet Outfitters, 10th Avenue South, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 1.49 mi (straight line)
Grizzly Drive, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 2.37 mi (straight line)
819 40th Ave S, Great Falls, MT 59405, USA
Distance: 2.76 mi (straight line)
The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 3.68 mi (straight line)
4201 Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, MT 59405, USA
Distance: 3.69 mi (straight line)
Giant Springs State Park, Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 4.13 mi (straight line)
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