Anniversary Outing to Lolo Creek Steak House
When I say “Lolo,” what comes to mind? Unless you live in Big Sky Country or you know your history of early American explorers or your more recent Holyoak family history, probably not much. According to the U.S. National Forest Service, “'Lolo' probably evolved from ‘Lou-Lou,’ a pronunciation of ‘Lawrence,’ a French-Canadian fur trapper killed by a grizzly bear and buried at Grave Creek. The first written evidence of the name ‘Lolo’ appears in 1831 when fur trader John Work refers in his journal to Lolo Creek as ‘Lou Lou.’ In an 1853 railroad survey and map, Lieutenant John Mullan spelled the creek and trail ‘Lou Lou.’ However, by 1865 the name was shortened to Lolo and is currently the name of a national forest, town, creek, mountain peak, mountain pass and historic trail in west central Montana." Okay, as for the latter reference to Lolo, our family moved there in 2003 where Lori and I raised all four of our kids for the greater part of a decade until each of them grad...