Haugan (also Waugan) is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Mineral County,
Montana
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, United States. Haugan is situated east of the
Idaho
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border and west of
Missoula
Missoula ( ; fla, label=Salish language, Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula Cou ...
on
Interstate 90
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at the Haugan Exit #16. The
St. Regis River flows through the community.
Demographics
History
Haugan was named for
H. G. Haugan, Land Commissioner of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Haugan was established and maintained to serve as a pusher station for the Milwaukee Road railroad trains ascending the
Bitterroot Range
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of the
Rocky Mountains
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.
Haugan was one of several area towns to be destroyed during the
Great Fire of 1910
The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup, the Big Burn, or the Devil's Broom fire) was a wildfire in the Inland Northwest region of the United States that burned in North Idaho and Western Montana, with extensions into ...
. Haugan had a post office for nearly seventy years in the twentieth century. Opened on March 25, 1911, the post office closed on August 31, 1944, only to reopen four years later. This second post office operated from June 16, 1948 to July 22, 1983.
Nearby
Haugan is surrounded by the
Lolo National Forest
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Lolo National Forest is a national forest located in western Montana, United States with the western boundary being the state of Idaho. The forest spans 2 million acres (8,000 km2) and includes four wilderness areas; the Scapegoat a ...
and is the site of the
Savenac Nursery Historic District. The nearby Haugan/Randolph Creek Loop Snowmobile Trail offers cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and other winter sport. Also nearby is the summit of
Haugan Mountain
Haugan Mountain is a summit in Mineral County, Montana at . It is located just south of Interstate 90 and from the community of Haugan, Montana
Haugan (also Waugan) is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, Montana, United States. Ha ...
.
The community is most commonly known for its Silver Dollars tourist area.
Billboards
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and signs telling drivers the distance are seen on Interstate 90 around
Western Montana
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and
Northern Idaho
The Idaho Panhandle—locally known as North Idaho—is a salient region of the U.S. state of Idaho encompassing the state's 10 northernmost counties: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Sho ...
.
Lincoln's Silver Dollar: 46,785 and growing
, Montana Gaming Group, November 2006. Accessed 2009-03-14.
References
Further reading
*Lutz, Dennis J. ''Montana Post Offices and Postmasters'' Rochester
Rochester may refer to:
Places Australia
* Rochester, Victoria
Canada
* Rochester, Alberta
United Kingdom
*Rochester, Kent
** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area
** History of Rochester, Kent
** HM Prison ...
: Johnson, 1986.
*Pyne, Stephen J. ''Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910''. Missoula
Missoula ( ; fla, label=Salish language, Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula Cou ...
: Mountain, 2008.
External links
Milwaukee Road Historical Association
About Beautiful Haugan, MT
CMSP&P Haugan, MT
Unincorporated communities in Mineral County, Montana
Unincorporated communities in Montana
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