| Long Description | <DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/MartinCity_Area.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Local Area</p><p class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: Bill Kuney</p></li><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/MartinCity_HungryHorse.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Hungry Horse Dam</p><p class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation</p></li></ul>
<p>Martin City established on the homestead of Gaspard Martin near Abbott Creek, owes its existence to the early 1950s construction of the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=10846">Hungry Horse Dam</a> on the South Fork of the Flathead River. Martin City's population swelled in anticipation of the coming boom. Martin City lives on as a tourist town, on the road from <a href="/categories/city.asp?siteid=1&city=columbia+falls">Columbia Falls</a> to <a href="/national_parks/glacier/">Glacier National Park</a>. (Copyright 2009, <I>Montana Historical Society: Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman</I>, Montana Historical Society Research Center Staff) </p><p>Glacier National Park known to Native Americans as the "Shining Mountains" and the "Backbone of the World", preserves more than a million acres of forests, alpine meadows, lakes, rugged peaks and glacial-carved valleys in the Northern Rocky Mountains. One of the most amazing highlights of Glacier National Park is a drive on the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=9646">Going-to-the-Sun Road</a>. This engineering marvel spans 50 miles through the park's wild interior, winding around mountainsides and treating visitors to some of the best sights in northwest Montana.</p><P>The Martin City area offers plenty of camping in the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=706">Flathead National Forest</a> at sites such as <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=2447">Spotted Bear Campground</a>. It is about as far as you can drive off the beaten track and still find a maintained campground. Spotted Bear Campground is in a remote area on the South Fork of the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=712">Flathead River</a>. It is several miles above the end of <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=10846">Hungry Horse Reservoir</a> on the edge of the beautiful <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=730">Bob Marshall Wilderness</a>. There is access to a trail which leads to the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=690">Great Bear Wilderness</a>.</p> |
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