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Eva Gates, Homemade Preserves Est.1949

Real Honest to Goodness Homemade Quality Preserves & Syrups

Made five pints per batch and no additives or preservatives for nearly 50 years, the Gates family has helped define the taste of Northwest Montana.

In 1949 Eva used her grandmother's recipe and her wood cook stove to make preserves from the excess yield of her strawberry patch.

Today Eva's grandchildren and great grandchildren produce more than just strawberry preserves. Six kinds of preserves and three syrups, added by Eva between 1950 & 1956, capture the most distinctive flavors native to the Flathead Valley.

The family hasn't forgotten what made that first batch sell so well in 1949. The product is still truly "homemade" - made from the same recipe, cooked on a stove top custom designed to reproduce the heating surface of Eva's wood range, and made in five pint batches without additives or preservatives.

Visit our cookhouse in the village of Bigfork, open seven days a week and evenings from mid June until the end of August and from 9:00 to 5:00 the rest of the year and take home the taste of Montana.

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Location: PO Box 696, Bigfork Montana 59911 Telephone 406-837-4356 Toll Free: 800-682-4283 Fax 406-837-4376

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The Most Anticipated Upcoming Montana Events Are:
Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead Winter Holiday Art and Craft Show Kalispell November 27
Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale: American Favorites Billings continuing
Tamarack Festival Seeley Lake continuing
HarvestFest Billings continuing
Christmas Stroll and Parade of Lights Great Falls December 4

Other upcoming events include:
Holiday Festival of the Arts Bozeman November 27 thru November 28
Christmas Stroll and Parade of Lights Great Falls December 4
Elves Decorate for Christmas Bigfork November 21
First Night Missoula Missoula December 31
Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale Billings November 28 thru November 29

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