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Photograph of a Shay engine on a barge at the dock for the logging camp located at the head of Swan Lake, Montana.  The engine was transported from Somers, Montana, across Flathead Lake on the Ballard barge.  From Bigfork, it was moved on portable rails along the south side of Swan River to the foot of Swan Lake.  The engine was used to pull logs from logging sites, down to Swan Lake. Date 1915Photographer UnknownAttribution: Collection of Denny Kellogg

Photograph of a Shay engine on a barge at the dock for the logging camp located at the head of Swan Lake, Montana.  The engine was transported from Somers, Montana, across Flathead Lake on the Ballard barge.  From Bigfork, it was moved on portable rails along the south side of Swan River to the foot of Swan Lake.  The engine was used to pull logs from logging sites, down to Swan Lake. Date 1915Photographer UnknownAttribution: Collection of Denny Kellogg

October 19, 2017

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'Bigfork: A Montana Story' featured in exhibition, film
October 19, 2017 4 a.m.

'Bigfork: A Montana Story' featured in exhibition, film

In conjunction with the release of the film “Bigfork, A Montana Story,” the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center will be hosting an exhibition called “The Bigfork Documentary Project Exhibition: Bigfork, A Montana Story.”