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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.
Born in Montana, possibly near Billings; lived in south-central Montana most of his life; spent later years near Pryor: Chief of the Mountain Crows, or Apsáalooke, band of the Crow Nation [189] [190] Ella J. Knowles Haskell: 1860–1911 Moved to Montana from New Hampshire after finishing college; lived and worked in Helena, Butte, and then ...
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.
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.
John L. Sloane (March 28, 1847 – September 5, 1914) was an express agent, clerk of district court, chief clerk of the U.S. Land Office, deputy clerk assessor, lawyer, and the 7th mayor of Missoula, Montana.
The establishment of Fort Missoula in 1877 to protect settlers further stabilized the economy. The arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1883 brought rapid growth and the maturation of the local lumber industry. In 1893, the Montana Legislature chose Missoula as the site for the state's first university.