Big Prairie (Montana)
48°49′17″N 114°19′38″W / 48.82139°N 114.32722°W Big Prairie, Montana, el. 3,625 feet (1,105 m),[1] is an open meadow area on the east side of the North Fork of the Flathead River, in Glacier National Park and is a former settlement. It is within Flathead County, Montana. It was settled by at least 19 homesteads in the early 20th century.[2]
It is the location of several places listed on the National Register of Historic Places:[3]
- Margaret McCarthy Homestead
- J. K. Miller Homestead
- William Raftery Homestead
- Anton Schoenberger Homestead
- Charlie Schoenberger Homestead
- Johnnie Walsh's Guest Lodge
- Johnnie Walsh Homestead
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- ^ "Big Prairie". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Settlement on the North Fork of the Flathead River, Glacier National Park TR". National Park Service.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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