Kalispell in Flathead County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Tetrault House
West Side Historic District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 20, 2020
1. Tetrault House Marker
Belsami Tetrault was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1852 and came with her family by covered wagon to the Flathead Valley in the mid-1880s. Her husband Joseph, also a native of Montreal, left his family in 1881 to work on the railroad in the United States. Reunited at Fort Missoula in 1885, the Tetraults settled along Whitefish Creek, nine miles north of the present site of Kalispell. There Belsami and Joseph raised their six children and ranched until 1910, when Josephs failing health precipitated the move to Kalispell. Widowed in 1916, Belsami remained in town. In 1930, at the age of seventy-eight, the spunky pioneer purchased this lot and built herself a new home, where she lived comfortably with her daughter, Leah Boyd. Belsami died in 1939 at the age of eighty-six. The front-gabled Craftsman style residence has exposed rafter ends and wide eaves supported by brackets, which are hallmarks of this style. The beautifully maintained home remained in the Tetrault family until 1946.
Erected by Montana Historical Society.
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Location. 48° 11.337′ N, 114° 18.813′ W. Marker is in Kalispell, Montana, in Flathead County. It is on 2nd Avenue West near 9th Street West, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 928 2nd Avenue West, Kalispell MT 59901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Western Montana and in Glacier Country. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hegranes House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Arthur L. Johnson Residence (about 500 feet away); Ripke House (about 500 feet away); Pearce House (about 600 feet away);
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 20, 2020
2. Tetrault House and Marker
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 389 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 28, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
