Ruffatto School in Richland County, Listed!
In 1910, rancher Mrs. T. T. Armstrong rode several hundred miles on horseback to secure signatures that would establish a school district serving rural communities in a vast area south of the Missouri River. As the population of Richland County grew, the school district was reorganized to include what would become the Ruffatto School in Richland County.
West Fork Ranger Station, Listed!
Ole Tangen, a Norwegian-born master log craftsman, built or supervised the construction of nearly three dozen log buildings throughout the Bitterroot Valley, and several Forest Service and National Register-listed properties. Tangen’s log work remains as an instructive example to modern log builders and preservationists.