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In celebration of 36 years of the Seeley Swan Pathfinder, each week we will run parts of articles that appeared in the issue 35 years ago and 20 years ago. The entire issue will be uploaded to our website seeleylake.com for you to enjoy. We hope you will enjoy the journey with us as we follow our community through the past 36 years as documented by the Pathfinder. 35 years ago: May 14, 1987 issue Seeley Lake: The 1930s Story Suzanne Vernon Editor's note: Herb and Ella "Butch" Townsend, longtime... Full story
SWAN VALLEY - Highway 83 was lined with parade-goers for this year's annual parade in Condon. The parade was sponsored by the American Legion Post #63 and ran from Liquid Louie's north to the Swan Valley Community Hall. There the festivities continued with huckleberry ice cream, a barbecue and the O-Mok-See. The Swan Valley Community Foundation also put on a fireworks show in the arena at dusk....
SWAN VALLEY - While a few things like the huckleberry ice cream, annual book sale and displays in the Community Hall were missing, Swan Valley's Fourth of July activities continued on. With one of the only parade in the state, the Swan Valley American Legion Post #63 sponsored event was a lot of family fun followed by a barbecue sponsored by Condon Community Church and the O-Mok-See, games on horseback. The celebration ended with what was called a "great display" of fireworks over the...
The recent "Walk in the Woods" hosted by Swan Ecosystem Center provided a tremendous insight into some of our local wood utilization businesses. Visits to Nordique System Log Homes, Swan Valley Montana Firewood, Mountain View Log Homes and Roundwood West Corporation all provided opportunity to see how forest management can sustain the economy of our place as well as the ecosystems and the beneficial services forests provide. Tried and tested methods along with new and innovative uses for wood...
SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Ecosystem Center (SEC) hosted a Walk in the Woods Oct. 22 to highlight the importance of forest stewardship and forest products in the Seeley and Swan Valleys. More than a dozen participants visited area businesses that are dependent on forest products and walked through two different forest stewardship projects completed through SEC. The tour was funded through a grant from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). The day started with a...
Goal: The goal of Nordique Log Homes is to provide a quality, hand hewn log home package at a reasonable price. Their patented system allows for the construction of a log home that will not "settle", saving time and money. History: Nordique System Log Homes was started by Bruce Janssen and Dan Baker in 1996 in the Swan Valley. In 1998, Ken Donovan purchased a third interest in the company and upon the passing of Bruce, the business has been owned by Baker and Donovan. On April 2, 2002, Nordique...
