Stevensville is the oldest town in the state and claims a number of other important "firsts." The first church—St. Mary’s Mission—was established in 1841, along with the first school in the Northwest. With the Mission came agriculture; Stevensville grew the first grain, ground the first flour, milled the first lumber, had the first planted fruit trees and practiced the first irrigation in Montana.
John Owen established his trading post in 1850 and filed Montana’s oldest water right in 1852.
The peaceful community of Stevensville, nestled in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley between the Sapphire and Bitterroot Mountain Ranges, has weathered both boom and bust in agriculture, mining and timber industries. Through the years Stevensville has managed to retain the simplicity and charm of its rural roots.
Photo Gallery
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43 93 15
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43 93 19
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43 93 21
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43 93 48
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43 93 74
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43 93 Big Hole 12
43 93 Big Hole 12
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Big Hole 1
Big Hole 1
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Big Hole 2
Big Hole 2
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Big Hole 3
Big Hole 3
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Big Hole 4
Big Hole 4
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Daly Mansion
Daly Mansion
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Daly Mansion2
Daly Mansion2
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Daly Mansion3
Daly Mansion3
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Fort Owens 2
Fort Owens 2
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Fort Owens
Fort Owens
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Frontier Montana Museum
Frontier Montana Museum
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Lake Como
Lake Como
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Mentzer s Drummond
Mentzer s Drummond
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Philipsburg 1
Philipsburg 1
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Sayrs 1
Sayrs 1
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St Mary s Mission
St Mary s Mission
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St. Mary s Mission
St. Mary s Mission