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The soldiers from Fort Missoula, along with other elements of the 7th Infantry and local civilians, attacked the Nez Perce camp at the Battle of the Big Hole, and were defeated and besieged. Capt. William Logan, second in command at Fort Missoula, was killed. After the battle, four companies returned to Fort Missoula.
U.S. Senator, Governor of Montana: Resident Politics [19] John Elway: Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Resident Athletics [20] Leif Erickson: Montana Supreme Court Justice, 1936–1946 Resident Politics [21] Troy Evans: Actor Born Entertainment [22] Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Actor Born Entertainment [23] Dan Flores: Historian Resident ...
The people below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Missoula, Montana. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Artists from Montana Name Lifetime Montana connection Comments Refs Brad Adkins: 1973–present Born in Kalispell: Artist and curator [19] Anne Appleby: 1954–present Lives and works part time in Born in Jefferson City: Abstract color field/landscape painter [20] Rudy Autio: 1926–2007 Born in Butte; attended college in Bozeman; lived and ...
Fort Fizzle (historical), Missoula County, Montana, el. 3,383 feet (1,031 m) [31] Fort Fizzle is a wooden barricade on the Lolo Trail erected by Missoula volunteers to stop the advance of Chief Joseph during the Nez Perce War in 1877. The barricade failed when the Nez Perce climbed a steep ravine behind the ridge and bypassed the soldiers.
Fort Missoula was established near Missoula, Montana as a permanent military post in 1877 in response to citizen concerns of conflict with local Native American tribes. In 1941 Fort Missoula was turned over to the "Department of Immigration and Naturalization" for use as an Alien Detention Center for non-military Italian men.
The Missoula Mills replaced Hell Gate Village as the economic power of the valley and replaced it as the county seat in 1866. The name "Missoula" comes from the Salish name for the Clark Fork River, which runs through the city. The name ‘’nmesuletkʷ", though often mistakenly believed to translate as "River of Ambush" as a reflection of the ...
Wrestlers from Montana Name Lifetime Montana connection Comments Ref(s) Gene Davis 1945–present Born and raised in Missoula, Montana Four-time undefeated (66-0) Montana high school champion, 1960–63; 1965 NCAA champion for Oklahoma State; 1976 Montreal Olympics bronze medalist Freestyle wrestling [permanent dead link ] Bill Zadick