Editing Opheim, Montana (section)

==History==
*Opheim was named for  Alfred Sumner Opheim (1872-1949), who together with his wife Helen (Ouandahl) Opheim (1874-1930), served as the first postmasters  of the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.travelmt.com/mt-cities-Opheim.html|title=   Opheim,  Montana|publisher= Travel    Montana   |access-date= May 5, 2016}}</ref>
*The town was founded before the expansion of the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]], but benefited by having its own depot. In the early 1990s, railway abandonment occurred between the towns of [[Scobey, MT|Scobey]] and Opheim.<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwahlsten/3772464170/?ytcheck=1|title=  Scobey, MT Railroad Tracks  |publisher=   flickr.com   |author=   Mitch Wahlsten|date=  June 29, 2009 |access-date= May 5, 2016}}</ref>
*Opheim was once the location of [[Opheim Air Force Station]], a former [[United States Air Force]] General Surveillance Radar station. Since its closing  in 1979, the population has decreased significantly.<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.radomes.org/cgi-bin/museumacwinfo2x.cgi?site=%22Opheim+AFS,+MT%22&key=OpheimAFSMT&pic=OpheimAFSMT&doc=OpheimAFSMT|title=  Information for Opheim AFS, MT
|publisher=   Air Defense Radar Site  |access-date= May 5, 2016}}</ref>

*The city was also home to many banks, bars, stores, and a movie theater, all of which have changed hands or closed. The town has no major source of income and is currently facing a slow economic decline.<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/OpheimAFSMT4.html
|title=   Impact of closing Opheim AFS on Opheim, MT|publisher=    Montana Magazine  |author=   Richard Konizeski|date=    1995  
|access-date= May 5, 2016}}</ref>

*Granrud's Lefse was started in a garage in Opheim in 1977 by Evan and Myrt Granrud. It is one of the few area bakeries that still produces the traditional Norwegian potato [[flatbread]], [[Lefse]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=  http://lefseshack.com/|title=  The Granrud's Lefse Tradition|publisher=   Granrud's Lefse  |access-date= May 5, 2016}}</ref>  It was sold in 2018 and moved to Scobey, Montana.

*Opheim has a strong [[Norwegian-American]] heritage as reflected by the high school's mascot, the Vikings. Opheim High School was the source of media attention in 2008 when the graduating class consisted of one student.
*Opheim celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011 over the 4th of July weekend. Hundreds of former residents and former students enjoyed a number of events marking a rich history of immigrant homesteaders that once made Opheim a thriving town of almost 500 residents and business providing services to all of north Valley County.<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.glasgowmontana.com/geg/06282011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627084943/http://www.glasgowmontana.com/geg/06282011.pdf |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |url-status=live|title= Opheirn, MT 100th Anniversary |publisher=    Good Evening Glasgow, volume17, number 151 |author=   Janet Bailey |date=     June 28, 2011 |access-date= May 5, 2016}}</ref>