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Northwest Montana History Museum Director Margaret Davis stands near a display featuring an HO scale model train. (Chris Peterson/Hungry Horse News)

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Northwest Montana History Museum showcases Flathead Valley's timber industry
January 22, 2025 midnight

Northwest Montana History Museum showcases Flathead Valley's timber industry

Did you know that in 1884 that John Foy’s mill between the Foys lakes was considered the first water-powered sawmill in the valley? Or that in 1914, the first of 147 permanent fire lookouts on the Flathead National Forest was built on Spotted Bear Mountain?