In Drummond one will find a grocery store, two gas stations, a convenience stores, a quilting store, three motels, two bars, three restaurants, plus a drive in. Amenities include an impressive library, a health center, a bank & post office, fire department and ambulance as well as a senior citizens center.
One will also find the community hall, standing beside the post office on East Broad Street. The land on which the hall stands was donated to the Town of Drummond in memory of Marvin & Marilyn Dagel, by an unknown donor. A black & white metal plaque acknowledging the the donation and the dedication to Marvin & Marilyn Dagel is mounted on the front wall of the hall beside one of the entrances. It rads as follows:
Donated to the Drummond Commuity Hall Inc.
In Loving Memory of
Marvin & Marilyn Dagel
Lots 22 & 23, Block 10
of the Drummond Townsite
Drummond, Granite County, Montana
June 2012
An excerpt from Marilyn's obituary, following, gives us a small insight into the lives of Marvin & Marilyn.
Marilyn Jean Dagel
DRUMMOND - Our mother, Marilyn Jean Dagel, born Jan. 21, 1938, in Helena, passed away Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, after a yearlong battle with cancer. Marilyn was born to Jake and Marge Fuller and was raised in Wolf Creek. They moved [to] Helena where she graduated from Helena High School in 1956.
On June 10, 1956, she married Marvin Wayne Dagel. Marvin and Marilyn moved to Drummond, where Marvin was stationed as a highway patrolman. It was there they raised their six children.
Her main career was as mother; however, she sidelined several other jobs. In 1979, they moved to Philipsburg, where she was a matron and dispatcher at the jail. In 1987, they returned to Drummond where they ran Dagel's Conoco.
Marilyn's lifetime dream of traveling the country visiting family and friends was realized in 1990, when the pair became team drivers for Ambrose Trucking, which they did until Marvin's death.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin, in 1996; her father; and an infant sister.
From The Missoulian
A long stone's throw north of the Clark Fork River, Drummond was named for a trapper who operated a line of traps in the area and camped about where the railroad station now stands. The first camp at this site was established in 1871 and was called Edwardsville for John Edwards, a local rancher. It was renamed for trapper Hugh Drummond in 1883. When the post office was established in 1884 the name was shortened from Drummond Camp to Drummond.