Howse House
Photo courtesy of Bicentennial committee | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 13 years, 5 months AGO
This oil painting by artist Allen Jimmerson recreates Howse House, the first fur trading post in the Flathead Valley founded for the Hudson's Bay Co. by Joseph Howse in 1810-11. It was located south of Kalispell near American Indian trails close to the Flathead River. Jimmerson worked from specifications for fur trading outposts developed by Hudson's Bay Co. and the North West Co. A celebration in Kalispell's Lawrence Park on Saturday celebrates the 200th anniversary of the trading post founding.
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Howse House
This oil painting by artist Allen Jimmerson recreates Howse House, the first fur trading post in the Flathead Valley founded for the Hudson's Bay Co. by Joseph Howse in 1810-11. It was located south of Kalispell near American Indian trails close to the Flathead River. Jimmerson worked from specifications for fur trading outposts developed by Hudson's Bay Co. and the North West Co. A celebration in Kalispell's Lawrence Park on Saturday celebrates the 200th anniversary of the trading post founding.