The Sacagawea Hotel is a handsome three-story brick building on Main Street, built in 1910 as a railroad hotel and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After decades of decline following the collapse of the Milwaukee Road, it was restored in the 2000s and is now the best place to stay in Three Forks — and one of the better historic hotels in rural Montana.
The rooms are tastefully updated while keeping the period feel of the original building. The restaurant and bar are the social center of town in the evenings, serving a straightforward menu of Montana staples: steaks, burgers, local trout. The porch is a good place to sit on a warm evening.
Even if you are not staying, the building is worth a look. It anchors a modest but intact Main Street that still has the bones of a prosperous railroad-era town.