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The exterior of the Bigfork Summer Playhouse in downtown Bigfork in the early 1960s. (Collection of Dr. Firman "Bo" Brown, former head of the University of Montana Drama Department, and founder of the Bigfork Summer Playhouse)

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Historic guardians: Efforts work to preserve the story of Bigfork
May 17, 2026 midnight

Historic guardians: Efforts work to preserve the story of Bigfork

As Denny Kellogg and Ed Gillenwater tell the story, though, Bigfork’s history actually began a little earlier: a modest 100 million years earlier, in fact. This was when the forces of nature conspired to carve the valleys and peaks that would one day come to define this scrappy little village on the shores of Flathead Lake.