In 1906, Choteau’s newspaper, the Acantha, proudly celebrated the completion of the new courthouse. “This splendid edifice,” its editor predicted, “… will stand for years as a monument to the honor and integrity of all the people of the .” Built of…

“Don’t pay out your hard cash for as sacred an article as a monument without first having an opportunity to see it,” read a Kalispell Monumental Company advertisement. A branch of Sammis Monumental Company of Spokane, the Kalispell enterprise…

As the town of Kalispell ended its first decade in 1901, the Kalispell Bee reported that the “artistic and modern” residences would well ornament a much larger city. Dozens of spacious Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and vernacular style East Side…