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Missoula Downtown Historic District: August 21, 2009 : Roughly bounded by the former Northern Pacific railroad tracks, the Clark Fork River, Little McCormick Park, and Madison St. Boundary increase/decrease (listed February 7, 2011): Higgins Ave. & Front St.
Since Missoula, Montana's founding in 1866 it has progressed from small trading post with a single cross street on Mullan Road and a bridge across the Clark Fork River to a vibrant college town home to the University of Montana. Architectural styles have come and gone, and today Missoula is home to over 60 buildings on the National Register of ...
1869 – Emma Stack Dickenson hired as Missoula's first teacher. First bridge built across the Clark Fork River, then called Hellgate River. 1870 – Missoula first newspaper, "The Missoula and Ceder Creek Pioneer" went to press. 1871 – Streets surveyed and town plan drawn. 1873 – First Higgins Ave. Bridge constructed. St. Patrick Hospital ...
The need for lumber for the railway and its bridges spurred the opening of multiple saw mills in the area, and in turn, the beginning of Missoula's lumber industry, which remained the mainstay of the area economy for the next 100 years. [13] The United States Forest Service work in Missoula began in 1905. [23]
St. Francis Church interior north ceiling. Built in 1892, St. Francis Xavier is one of the tallest churches in Montana, and the tallest in the city of Missoula, and in Missoula County. Altar and crucifix on the northern wall at St. Francis Xavier Church. The first St. Francis Xavier Church was built by Jesuits in 1881.
(two) Nimrod Tunnels, rail tunnels, adjacent to I-90 in Granite County, Montana southeast of Missoula, el. 3,681 feet (1,122 m) [12] abandoned rail tunnel, in use 1908-1980, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Tunnel Number 15
Occupation: Architect: Spouse: Maud Lockley (m. 01/30/1889-12/31/1927; the couple's death at same time) Buildings: First five buildings of the University of Montana, the Missoula County Courthouse, several schools, the Carnegie Public Library, the First Presbyterian Church, and multiple others within Missoula, Hamilton, and Stevensville, Montana
A new US 93 Alternate (US 93 Alt.) was built to bypass through traffic around downtown Kalispell, Montana, between 2010-2016. [9] Currently, US 93 through Kalispell is Main Street and Sunset Boulevard, a 25 to 45 mph (40 to 70 km/h) arterial.