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A photo of Emma Ingalls (left) and Mary Conlon at an event hosted by the Kalispell Century Club in 1939, where they were both honored for their achievements. (courtesy of the Northwest Montana History Museum)

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Women settlers brought community to the Flathead Valley
April 30, 2023 midnight

Women settlers brought community to the Flathead Valley

Women and their labor were vital to many aspects of life in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some accounts from history might have you believe they were not in NorthWest Montana at all, but slowly and surely they made their way out West.