PHOTOS: Vendors set up for 60th annual Creston Auction
CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 months, 2 weeks AGO
Dylan Benson, left, with the Creston Fire Department, and Mike Wacker, right, move part of a wood burning stove so it can be forklifted off a trailer while setting up for the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Matt McGee checks out a whitetail deer mount as vendors set up for the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Crosby Dahl looks over a modified 1979 Honda motorcycle as vendors set up before the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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David King and Crosby Dahl lift a piece of furniture out of the back of a truck as vendors set up for the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Crosby Dahl and David King lift a piece of furniture out of the back of a truck as vendors set up for the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Gloria Motichka hands a chair to Greg Smith as vendors set up their items before the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Rena Morrow puts numbered tags on a vendor's items as in preparation for the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Casey Kreider is a staff photographer for the Daily Inter Lake. His work documents news, sports, wildlife, landscapes and everyday life across Northwest Montana through visual storytelling. Kreider’s keen eye captures major sporting events, community moments, and the natural beauty that defines the region. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. In 2024, he received the Montana Newspaper Association’s Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year award. IMPACT: Kreider's work brings readers closer to the people, places and moments that shape life in Northwest Montana through powerful visual journalism. | April 11, 2026 5:35 PM
Vendors unload their items and get set up in preparation for the 60th annual Creston Auction and Country Fair on Friday, April 10.
Matt McGee checks out a whitetail deer mount as vendors set up for the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Crosby Dahl looks over a modified 1979 Honda motorcycle as vendors set up before the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
David King and Crosby Dahl lift a piece of furniture out of the back of a truck as vendors set up for the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Crosby Dahl and David King lift a piece of furniture out of the back of a truck as vendors set up for the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Gloria Motichka hands a chair to Greg Smith as vendors set up their items before the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Rena Morrow puts numbered tags on a vendor's items as in preparation for the Creston Auction on Friday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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