The Flathead Reservation Traditional Dance Troupe performed in front of the Lake County Courthouse during Centennial festivities Saturday. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
August 20, 2023
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August 25, 2023 midnight
Lake County: A century old and looking to the next 100 years
Retired District Court Judge Jim Manley reminded an audience of several hundred Saturday that the 1923 election that created Lake County was probably “the first time most women here ever got to vote,” thanks to the 19th Amendment, passed in 1920.