July 23, 2006
Big cabin in Big Prairie poses big questions for Glacier
From the Wednesday, July 19, 2006 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
(Note: The accompanying photo did not appear in the Hungry Horse News. It was passed to us by an anonymous contributor.)
Big Prairie in Glacier National Park is home to many things. Herds of elk and deer. The occasional grizzly. Wolves. It does, in many ways, embody the concept of the North American Serengeti.
Now it has a big new cabin as well.
Landowner Bill Smith of Georgia has put the cabin on his property after receiving a variance from the county for a septic system.
The future of the parcel has been a point of contention for years - the previous landowner, Gerald Penovich, a Chicago attorney went back and forth with Glacier Park officials for years.
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