DescriptionMurphy Lake is named for Tom Murphy, who filed on a homestead here in the early 1890s. Murphy was a partner of Charles Loring, who later served as the Minnesota Supreme Court’s chief justice from 1944 to 1953. Personal NamesMurphy, TomLoring CharlesContributing InstitutionMontana Historical Society Library and ArchivesGeolocation[1] Elevation2999 ft. CountyLincoln County