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The Meyers Creek Work Center complex was listed April 14, 2023 on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Shenango and Poker Jim formalized on National Register September 1, 2022. 

In 1967, the Forest Service’s Earthquake Lake Visitor Center opened its doors for the first season of operation. Today, the center provides interpretive services for more than 50,000 visitors annually. The natural attractions and the easily-seen effects of the strongest earthquake in the Rocky mountains has made this area one of the outstanding scenic and geological study areas in the west.

Completed in fall of 1920, the Lodge opened. As the first dude ranch in the state of Montana, the OTO ranch was one of 26 in Montana and Wyoming at the formation of the "Dude Ranch Association” in 1926.
USDA Forest Service photo.