By JUSTIN FRANZ, Flathead Beacon, The Kansas City Star; December 22, 2019
Drive east on U.S. Highway 2 along the southern edge of Glacier National Park, take a right at the only turn into Essex, go down the snow-covered road, park your car and get out. The first thing you’ll notice is how quiet it is — unless, of course, there’s a train roaring by on its way toward Marias Pass.
At the end of the road sits the rustic yet regal Izaak Walton Inn, an old railroad lodge turned resort that has served as the heart of this quiet little community for eight decades, the Flathead Beacon reported.
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