Florence, Montana

Its earliest settlers called the town "One Horse" for the little creek that drains through it from the Bitterroot Mountains. In 1880, the town was renamed Florence for the daughter of A.B. Hammond. Mr. Hammond was instrumental in opening the Bitterroot Valley for lumbering, and brought the railroad to the Bitterroot to transport timber. He set up a sawmill in the center of one of the Bitterroot’s best logging areas, and this site became the town of Florence, incorporated in 1888.

Bitterroot Valley Communities

Sula | Conner | Darby | Grantsdale | Hamilton | Pinesdale
Corvallis | Victor | Stevensville | Florence