The Hotel Lincoln

About

Lincoln Log Hotel now open with 14 rooms.

Story

The original town of Lincoln, in Lewis and Clark County, was a bustling placer gold mining camp during the mid- to late 1860s. It was located in Lincoln Gulch about three miles west of the present town-site. By the early 1870s, the gold had played out and the miners left, but settlement had started in Lincoln. The first building erected in the new community was a log structure known as the “Half-Way House Hotel.” It was used as a temporary living quarters, later becoming an overnight boarding house for tourists.

In 1918, Leonard Lambkin moved from Great Falls, purchased the Hotel, and established Camp Lincoln in the Rockies, an early dude ranch. In 1925, tourist cabins were built on the property and the community was advertised as a prime vacation area for hunting and fishing.

The area was also one of artist Charlie Russell’s favorite places. He and his wife stayed in the Lincoln Log Hotel and a wall dedicated to Charlie Russell now resides in the Hotel.