Catching the wind: Wind Turbine Tools of Lincoln, Montana leads way in cutting-edge industry

Cell phone coverage only recently came to this rural mountain community bordering some of Montana’s most famous wilderness areas.

The nearest airport is 62 miles away, and the anchor employers are a beef jerky plant and the U.S. Forest Service.

On a morning when everyone is home and tucked into their beds, 1,181 people live here.

This is a beautiful spot on the globe, but for all its scenic splendor and off-the-beaten-path charm, Lincoln is an unlikely home for an international multimillion-dollar company on the verge of expansion.

Yet, this is exactly where you will find Wind Turbine Tools http://www.windturbinetools.com/ .

The transition from Temecula, Calif., to Lincoln wasn’t all that difficult. It moved to Lincoln in 2005 because of Linda Daugherty’s love for her home state and the need to be closer to her family in Missoula and Conrad.

By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

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