Bigfork Fun Fact

Talk about putting down roots! Bigfork's founder Everit Sliter planted over 4,000 fruit trees in the 1890s, turning this Montana town into cherry central. Today, Bigfork produces a huge portion of the nation's cherries—which means you'll have plenty of opportunities to pick your perfect property AND perfect cherries. Here's where things get electrifying: Bigfork had a power plant as early as 1889, which gave the town's main street its name—Electric Avenue. By 1902 when the town was officially platted, electric power lines stretched the length of the main street, making Bigfork fully electrified when 90% of rural America was still using gas flames and coal oil lamps. Don't worry—the only thing that'll shock you now is how many world-class art galleries line this historically charged street. With Broadway-caliber theater at the Bigfork Summer Playhouse, more galleries per capita than you can shake a paintbrush at, and enough cherry orchards to keep you in pies all year long, Bigfork proves you can have your cherry pie and eat it too.