The present-day general store is the latest incarnation of a historic lodge built in 1913 before there were roads into Glacier's interior. In the early 1900s, the Great Northern Railway built a network of hotels and chalets a day's ride apart throughout the park to promote Glacier to adventurous tourists. Horse parties arrived here from Glacier Park Hotel and continued from chalet to chalet across the park. By 1925, more than a thousand horses and ten thousand people traveled the park trails each year. Two Medicine Chalet was part of a broader system, and several of these Swiss-style hotels and lodges still continue in their historic roles at Many Glacier, East Glacier, Lake McDonald, and the backcountry chalets at Sperry and Granite Park.