Victor MT Neighborhood Information

Victor Highlights

Victor was originally called Garfield after President Garfield but the name was changed in 1881.  Victor was a chief of the Salish People and was born in the valley in roughly 1790 and actually had memories of Lewis and Clark coming through the Bitterroot Valley.  He passed on to the great hunting grounds in 1870 prior to the Salish being forced into the Flathead Valley in 1891.  Imagine, he was 80 years old when the average expectancy of life was in the low 40's in 1871.

See the history of the unincorporated community of Victor at the Bitterroot Valley Chamber website.  Don't forget to pick up a copy of the Victor Story by Jeff Langton when you can.

Recreation and Activities

Victor is a great location to find fun activities at a few of the local watering holes, fish along the banks of the Bitterroot River and put in to float at Bell Crossing fishing access site.  You also can travel into the Bitterroot Selway to the beautiful Big Creek Lake.

Victor is located in the central part of the valley and you can find all of the activities of the river and wilderness in just a short journey east or west.

Schools

The Victor Pirates are a special part of  this small community of roughly 900 people.  The Victor School is is a class C school for athletics and they have excellent success.

Neighborhoods

Victor has a community sewer district and Victor town, while not incorporated with any civic government, is comprised of smaller parcels with individual wells.  The surrounding area is predominately on the westside of the valley where silver was once mined and you will still see dairy cattle.  We have local elk populations that give rise to plenty of sightings up Sweathouse Creek.