ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The Center of ZMM Book Town.
~9:29 am Wed 14 Aug: Hague, ND.
….Concerning Their 1968 Travel Through Here, The ZMM Narrator Reports => “We stop for gas at Hague and ask if there is any way to get across the Missouri between Bismarck and Mobridge. The attendant doesn’t know of any. … All of us go in a shop for coffee and rolls.” …. The “Hague Café’, is likely where The ZMM Narrator says they had “Coffee & Rolls.

..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking East (the road ahead), where “The ZMM Route” (Rt 11), goes straight East through the center of town. In distance on left side of street you see a white building with a Red Brick Front & Tan Awning. This is the Grocery Store, and on opposite side of Rt 11 (Main Street), is The Old Hague Café Building, As The Next Photo Shows. => Both Grocery & Café' are Cooperative Ventures of Local Citizens, and City Council.
..2) On the right of Main Street is => Seen in the tree shade is Henry Gurr’s Prius. Nice relief from hot sun as Henry Gurr pulled into a cooler quiet spot, to check maps, have breakfast, with his own, much needed coffee:
..3) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you will see the Line OF Trees that Insulate the City Park From the Highway. Behind trees to fight of Prius, as seen in /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo. ..4) Then keep scrolling to see the City Park Gateway between the Trees. The City Park, is behind the trees, on both sides of Sidewalk. Here was Henry’s Morning Repast, at a Picnic Table in this City Park,. ..5) With more scroll, then you see “The ZMM Route” (Rt 11), goes straight West, from the Center Of Town. ..6) Continued Panorama scroll, you see the line of business buildings, North Side of Highway, ..7) And finally you see again the SAME Panorama Opening View, showing the LAST of the row of commercial buildings (where you also see the grain elevator tower), and The Same Small White Building, With Brick Front + Awning, which o/c is The Grocery..:
.Finding NO WiFi that “Worked” With His Laptop, Henry Asked In Grocery Store, “Where to Connect?" ….The otherwise very helpful store manager, had no WiFi advice, but listened closely as Henry read the ZMM Book’s Narrator, telling of his passing through her town, some 51 years ago!
(ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip) => ….When HSG was here Summer 02, the gas station that the Narrator reported, was no longer evident, but the Hague Café’s Old Red Brick Building, Was Good As Ever! And likewise, when HSG came thru Aug 2019. … As of this writing, it is not clear whether => The Narrator’s a shop for coffee and rolls.” (The Hague Café’s Old Brick Building), has suffered, The Wrecking Ball Of Go Modern? ….Both Miles City, MT, and Laurel, MT, have lived with The Quick & Cheap & Modern, long enough to now Value The Old & Quaint: Thus they work hard to preserve and use their Traditional Quaint Old Buildings, that have “Character”: It is sincerely hoped that the Old Red Brick Café; Building will likewise treasured, honoree, & preserved, long into the future! To see This Hague Café’ Old Red Brick Building, In Henry Gurr’s 2002 photo of this older building. Click here. ….
Here Is An Interesting Article About The “City Owned” Hague Café’, Titled => “Good Food And Old Tradition At Hague Café.” Click Here. By Lauren Donovan ,Oct 21, 2012.
Please NOTICE & REMEMBER The High Quality Of The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo, Because The Next Photo Shows The Same Camera Photos (And Physical Location), As Panorama /\ Above /\, But “Stitched”. By Less Perfect Efforts of Henry Gurr..
Photo File = Panorama_7ByFw98Rez0633-0639 HagueND.jpg … Posted 23 Nov 2020. Revised 19 Oct & 24 Oct & 5 Nov & 23 2020.