[1][2] The district includes several works by architect Brynjulf Rivenes:[3] The district's buildings were associated with a number of notable residents including Charles Krug, Henry Dion, J. H. Miskimen, Frank Kinney, A. S. Foss, Henry Douglas, David Mead, G. D. Hollecker, W. F. Jordan, C. A. Thurston, and Thomas Hogan.

[2] They were mostly ranchers and businessmen, who financed the construction of these buildings and most served as civic leaders when the town experienced its period of greatest prominence and growth from 1900-1920.

These early community boosters generally opted for a slow, steady growth for which the town and the area have been historically known.

Charles Krug, the town's alleged first millionaire, is credited with providing the town with the resources necessary to survive the 1920s with no bank failures, a time when over half of the banks in Montana closed their doors.

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