and now it's time to work our way toward the airport but we have time. First I wanted to stop at Eva Gates store to get my huckleberry fudge. Sadly (she was Evil Kneivel's grandmother) she retired and the shop didn't make fudge so I ended up buying some across the street but it wasn't nearly as good. We walked the street of Big Fork with all the beautiful flowers and hanging baskets.
Some say, the name "Bigfork" is derived from the Salish name for the area. However Bigfork is a fork where two rivers, the Flathead River and the Swan River flow in to the Flathead Lake. There are reports of a homestead and orchard immediately north of Bigfork as early as 1885. Everit L. Sliter set out 500 apple, cherry, plum, and pear trees in 1892 on Flathead Lake's east shore. He became the first postmaster in 1901. In 1902, he platted the Bigfork townsite at the mouth of the Swan River. The east shore has since become a major cherry-growing area.