Articles with the Tag: Finley Point

Cherries were first introduced to Montana in 1866, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Grower’s interest blossomed quickly, and many began planting cherry trees around the Flathead Valley. By 1893 the trees had flourished in maturity, growing from eight to 12 feet tall.  ...

Warm summer days ripened a variety of local  cherries just in time for the Cherry Festival this year, allowing growers and vendors to sell a portion of their crop downtown last weekend. Bruce Johnson, president of Flathead Lake Cherry Growers, a Montana Agricultural Cooperative, said that the grow...

FINLEY POINT —  The paint mare faced Justin Freter’s back, her sides heaving as she caught her breath. Freter said he turned his back so she didn’t feel like a prey animal. Freter, a clinician for Clinton Anderson’s Downunder Horsemanship, was conducting a private clinic for a...

FINLEY POINT — Archie Fuqua, Sergeant for Tribal Fish and Game, answered a call on South Finley Point Sunday morning in response to an injured mother bear and her two healthy year-old cubs who were nestled near the forest in a residential back yard. This was his third bear call of the morning. &ldqu...

Close to 30 Finley Point and East Shore neighbors gathered at McCrumb’s Barn and discussed a wide variety of ideas with one another as the Heart and Soul Project held its first neighborhood gathering Sunday, Oct. 20, on Finley Point.   As folks introduced themselves, some for the first time, an...