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The Mud Bay Jugglers in Eureka Montana

Mud Bay Jugglers and Tune Stranglers

The Mud Bay Jugglers are amazing. That's the first thing you should know. They juggled fire during their March 26th performance at the LCHS auditorium! From the Seattle area, this troupe has toured nationally for over twenty years and has even passed through the Tobacco Valley before as part of Sunburst's Performing Arts Series.

Eureka, the Christmas Tree Capitol of the World

Eureka, the Christmas Tree Capitol of the World

Why was Eureka called the Christmas Tree Capitol of the World and what happened to the Industry?

The Tobacco Valley is surrounded by a Doug Fir and Larch forest which was logged in the first decades of the 20th century. Replacement Doug Fir trees then grew like carrots in a garden and required constant thinning. No one paid much attention when the first railroad car of Christmas Trees was shipped in 1923. When the lumber mill, the town’s largest employer closed the next year, Eureka residents discovered how important the Christmas tree industry would be to their survival during the Great Depression. By 1931 the first tree yard opened and by 1948 three hundred railroad freight carloads totaling 1,800,000 trees were shipped from Eureka. Eureka was the Christmas Tree Capitol of the World!

Montana 1864...the other story

Montana 1864...the other story

Ken Egan, executive director of Humanities Montana, came to Eureka recently to give a presentation on his latest book Montana 1864, to talk with some classes at the middle school about Montana history and to meet with the Eureka Book Club. The club members had read the book and always look forward to having a discussion with the author. It's hard to say what Ken thought before arriving in the Tobacco Valley as he had never been to this part of Montana before.

Blue Ribbon Perspective

Blue Ribbon Perspective

Bernice Ende calls Eureka "a blue ribbon town". Bernice has been the Lady Long Rider since 2005 when she set out on her first trip from Trego, Montana to Edgewood, New Mexico. She did the trip with a horse and a dog and a whole lot of courage. And she liked it. I mean there aren't many of us who could imagine riding a horse thousands of miles, not knowing where you might be spending the night or what the next day would bring.

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VisitNWMontana.com is all about inspiring, promoting and helping to build and sustain NW Montana through stories, blogs, photos and fun – one person, one business and one experience at a time.

Northwestern Montana is a charming area of quaint towns, millions of acres of state and federal land, hiking, camping, waterfalls, rock climbing, fishing and hunting, skiing and snowmobiling. We offer an impressive collection of shops, art galleries, golf courses, bed and breakfasts, spas, and restaurants not to mention annual events such as the Bull Thing, the Ten Lakes Snowmobile Fun Run, and the Eureka Montana Quilt Show. Enjoy the outdoors and the small town spirit that makes you feel right at home. Stay for a short trip, or meet with a realtor to find out about owning your own little piece of Montana real estate.

Where are we and how do you get here? Fly into Glacier National Park Airport (FCA) or Spokane International Airport (GEG). Eureka is 7 miles from the Canadian (Roosville) Border and 67 miles east of Libby or 51 miles north of Whitefish.

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