The Museum at Central School Northwest Montana Historical Society 124 Second Ave. East, Kalispell, MT 59901 contact us Museum Home | Events | Exhibits | Gift Shop | Coffee House | Meeting Rooms Our Book | Our Building | School Alums | Historical Society | Links | Genealogy Exhibit   Duration Gallery   Western Native American Culture   Ongoing Northwest (1st Floor NW) Frank Bird Linderman   Permanent Linderman (1st Floor SW) Early Residents Honor Roll   Permanent Glacier (1st Floor NE) Hall of History   Permanent Hall (2nd Floor) This Precious Reserve   Permanent Forest Service (2nd Floor NW) Sand Monkeys, Tie Hacks & River Pigs   Permanent Timber (2nd Floor SW) A.L.E.R.T.   Permanent Timber (2nd Floor SW) Early Kalispell & Demersville   Permanent HSH Hall (2nd Floor SE) Hall of History Second Floor A photo exhibition of men and women who were instrumental in making Montana such a great state, including all of its Governors to date. Go to Top Forest Service Gallery 2nd Floor NW THIS PRECIOUS RESERVE.   The development of our national forests also plays a very important part in the story of northwest Montana. Even before President Theodore Roosevelt established the National Park System, the federal government was setting aside areas of wilderness as reserves for future generations. Northwest Montana became REGION #1 of the United States Forest Service. Walk through the assimilation of a fire tower observation room used by the Rangers of the Flathead National Forest. Many of the procedures and equipment therein were invented by these Rangers and are still used by the Forest Service today. Go to Top Timber Gallery 2nd Floor SW A.L.E.R.T. -- Advanced Life Support And Emergency Rescue Team was the second hospital-based air ambulance service established in 1975, and the first to be established in a rural area. Loggers like Clyde Smith, in cooperation with local medical professionals, started the ALERT Program in 1975 which was rural America's first hospital based air ambulance service. Smith went on to help start the Montana Logging Association which now serves as a legislative advocate for the industry and provides safety training to our workers in the woods. Go to Top Hollensteiner-Stahl Hall (HSH) 2nd Floor SE Early Kalispell & Demersville -- An original vintage invitation to a public hanging is among the intriguing artifacts and photographs in an exhibition telling the story of Early Kalispell. Another display of photos and text bring to life the boom and bust history of the turn-of-the century community of Demersville. From 1887 to 1891 the fledgling town grew at the north end of Flathead Lake, anticipating the arrival of the railroad that never came. Our display chronicles Demersville downtown and historic buildings, the Cliff House Hotel, the early lake steamboats, the military post and the Buffalo Soldiers, and Demersville pioneers and personalities. Go to Top Updated: 20 Apr 2008 The Museum at Central School