A pioneer of the Flathead country, where he has lived for thirty years, F. W. buck is a merchant of long standing, and the people of Kalispell and many of the residents of the surrounding territory have learned to appreciate the quality of service and quality of goods carried in Buck's Grocery at 302 Main St.
Mr. Buck came to Montana from Iowa in the fall of 1890. At that time Kalispell was not in existence. He came by way of Flathead Lake to old Demersville and settled near Columbia Falls. Through all the subsequent years his interests have been identified with Flathead County. His primary occupation was farming, and when he left the farm he established a business, and owned and conducted a general mercantile store at Creston, where for seven years he was also postmaster, keeping the office in his store. From Creston he moved to Kalispell and established a business of which he is proprietor today. He has lived to see many changes for the better in the Flathead country, and his own energy and industry have assisted in the upbuilding.
Mr. Buck lost his good wife several years ago. He is the father of three sons and a daughter, Thelma, who lives in California. The sons are Harry, Earl and Fred. They were well educated at Creston. Harry, who is the active manager of his father's business, married Miss Adele Werner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Werner, and they have two children, Thelma and Harry Werner Buck. During the World War one of the sons, Fred, responded to the call for volunteers and was trained as an aviator at Kelley Field in Texas. Later he was sent to France, where he was on dury for thirteen months. He received his honorable discharge after the armistice, and was with one of the early contingents to return home. It has been a source of gratification to Mr. Buck to see his sons as they came to manhood engage in the same line of work with himself. All three sons now have a prt in the store the oldest assuming the management, so that Mr. Buck has comparative leisure. In politics the Buck family support the principles of the republican party and are attendants at the Methodist Church.
"Montana Its Story and Biography" Volume III, Tom Stout, editor
Mr. Buck came to Montana from Iowa in the fall of 1890. At that time Kalispell was not in existence. He came by way of Flathead Lake to old Demersville and settled near Columbia Falls. Through all the subsequent years his interests have been identified with Flathead County. His primary occupation was farming, and when he left the farm he established a business, and owned and conducted a general mercantile store at Creston, where for seven years he was also postmaster, keeping the office in his store. From Creston he moved to Kalispell and established a business of which he is proprietor today. He has lived to see many changes for the better in the Flathead country, and his own energy and industry have assisted in the upbuilding.
Mr. Buck lost his good wife several years ago. He is the father of three sons and a daughter, Thelma, who lives in California. The sons are Harry, Earl and Fred. They were well educated at Creston. Harry, who is the active manager of his father's business, married Miss Adele Werner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Werner, and they have two children, Thelma and Harry Werner Buck. During the World War one of the sons, Fred, responded to the call for volunteers and was trained as an aviator at Kelley Field in Texas. Later he was sent to France, where he was on dury for thirteen months. He received his honorable discharge after the armistice, and was with one of the early contingents to return home. It has been a source of gratification to Mr. Buck to see his sons as they came to manhood engage in the same line of work with himself. All three sons now have a prt in the store the oldest assuming the management, so that Mr. Buck has comparative leisure. In politics the Buck family support the principles of the republican party and are attendants at the Methodist Church.
"Montana Its Story and Biography" Volume III, Tom Stout, editor
A pioneer of the Flathead country, where he has lived for thirty years, F. W. buck is a merchant of long standing, and the people of Kalispell and many of the residents of the surrounding territory have learned to appreciate the quality of service and quality of goods carried in Buck's Grocery at 302 Main St.
Mr. Buck came to Montana from Iowa in the fall of 1890. At that time Kalispell was not in existence. He came by way of Flathead Lake to old Demersville and settled near Columbia Falls. Through all the subsequent years his interests have been identified with Flathead County. His primary occupation was farming, and when he left the farm he established a business, and owned and conducted a general mercantile store at Creston, where for seven years he was also postmaster, keeping the office in his store. From Creston he moved to Kalispell and established a business of which he is proprietor today. He has lived to see many changes for the better in the Flathead country, and his own energy and industry have assisted in the upbuilding.
Mr. Buck lost his good wife several years ago. He is the father of three sons and a daughter, Thelma, who lives in California. The sons are Harry, Earl and Fred. They were well educated at Creston. Harry, who is the active manager of his father's business, married Miss Adele Werner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Werner, and they have two children, Thelma and Harry Werner Buck. During the World War one of the sons, Fred, responded to the call for volunteers and was trained as an aviator at Kelley Field in Texas. Later he was sent to France, where he was on dury for thirteen months. He received his honorable discharge after the armistice, and was with one of the early contingents to return home. It has been a source of gratification to Mr. Buck to see his sons as they came to manhood engage in the same line of work with himself. All three sons now have a prt in the store the oldest assuming the management, so that Mr. Buck has comparative leisure. In politics the Buck family support the principles of the republican party and are attendants at the Methodist Church.
"Montana Its Story and Biography" Volume III, Tom Stout, editor
Mr. Buck came to Montana from Iowa in the fall of 1890. At that time Kalispell was not in existence. He came by way of Flathead Lake to old Demersville and settled near Columbia Falls. Through all the subsequent years his interests have been identified with Flathead County. His primary occupation was farming, and when he left the farm he established a business, and owned and conducted a general mercantile store at Creston, where for seven years he was also postmaster, keeping the office in his store. From Creston he moved to Kalispell and established a business of which he is proprietor today. He has lived to see many changes for the better in the Flathead country, and his own energy and industry have assisted in the upbuilding.
Mr. Buck lost his good wife several years ago. He is the father of three sons and a daughter, Thelma, who lives in California. The sons are Harry, Earl and Fred. They were well educated at Creston. Harry, who is the active manager of his father's business, married Miss Adele Werner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Werner, and they have two children, Thelma and Harry Werner Buck. During the World War one of the sons, Fred, responded to the call for volunteers and was trained as an aviator at Kelley Field in Texas. Later he was sent to France, where he was on dury for thirteen months. He received his honorable discharge after the armistice, and was with one of the early contingents to return home. It has been a source of gratification to Mr. Buck to see his sons as they came to manhood engage in the same line of work with himself. All three sons now have a prt in the store the oldest assuming the management, so that Mr. Buck has comparative leisure. In politics the Buck family support the principles of the republican party and are attendants at the Methodist Church.
"Montana Its Story and Biography" Volume III, Tom Stout, editor
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