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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZZ_the-somers-kalispell-spur-line_Somers-MT.html
The Somers - Kalispell Spur Line. . In 1901, Great Northern Railway tycoon James J. Hill and local businessman John O'Brien joined forces to build and operate a 11-mile railroad line to a saw-mill on the north shore of Flathead Lake. Hill built th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZW_howse-house_Somers-MT.html
Howse House. . Hudson Bay Company (HBC) agent Joseph Howse built a trading post just north of here in 1810, the first European settlement in the valley north of Flathead Lake. Described as "adventurous, tough, and intelligent," Howse joi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2217_choosing-a-route_West-Glacier-MT.html
Mastery over nature or blend with the environment...two different philosophies represented by two different routes. After the establishment of Glacier National Park efforts began on constructing a road to provide access to the interior of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XI1_hungry-horse-clearing-ball-historical_Hungry-Horse-MT.html
This ingenious 4.5 ton, 8-foot diameter ball was used in 1950 for clearing operations on 6,207 acres in the Hungry Horse Reservoir. Two contractors, S.L. (Red) Wixson, and John H. Trisdale, developed it. The ball was dragged at the end of cable…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XI0_the-legend-of-hungry-horse-historical_Hungry-Horse-MT.html
Two husky freight horses, Tex and Terry, working in the rugged wilderness of the Flathead River's South Fork area, wandered away from their sleigh during the severe winter of 1900-1901. After struggling for a month in belly-deep snow, they were f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XHY_surrounded-by-wilderness-historical_Columbia-Falls-MT.html
You are at the gateway in the Upper Flathead River which drains Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex (the Bob) and the southeastern corner of British Columbia. 219 miles of the three forks of the Flathead are designated as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XHX_bad-rock-canyon-historical_Columbia-Falls-MT.html
The Flathead River enters the valley through Bad Rock Canyon. Old-timers aver that a Blackfeet war party from the plains surged over the divide years ago seething with ambition to corral a choice assortment of cayuses and maybe a scalp or two from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TK3_the-goat-lick-historical_Essex-MT.html
Each summer a need for mineral salts bring mountain goats down from the high country to the natural licks along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Most activity occurs in late June and July, when as many as 70 goats have been seen on this lick…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K9E_a-glacial-lake_West-Glacier-MT.html
A river of ice over 2,000 feet thick moved down this valley. Lake McDonald is evidence of its passing. When the glacier receded more than ten thousand years ago, it revealed a changed landscape. The ice had quarried away huge amounts of rock. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXE7_whitefish-depot_Ennis-MT.html
Built by the Great Northern Railway in 1927, the Whitefish Depot is not only a local landmark but is recognized fondly by hundred of thousands of people who have passed through Whitefish by train over the years. The building's chalet-style archite…
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