Museum showcases timber history
Museum volunteer Jane Renfrow spent a year on the new timber timeline for the revamped timber display at the Northwest Montana History Museum. (Chris Peterson photo)
Did you know that in 1884 that John Foy’s mill between 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?
Those are just some of the interesting facets of the history of the timber industry in Northwest Montana, whose forests and trees literally helped build the United States to what it is today. Folks can learn about it in all new displays at the Northwest Montana History Museum in Kalispell in the exhibit, “Lumberjacks, Tie Hacks and River Pigs.”
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