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Fort Missoula was established by the United States Army in 1877 on land that is now part of the city of Missoula, Montana, to protect settlers in Western Montana from possible threats from the Native American Indians, such as the Nez Perce.
Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman. This list of museums in Montana encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Fred T. Sterling House is an Arts & Crafts style residence in Missoula, Montana, designed by the architect Albert J. Gibson and built in 1912 for a businessman, Frederick Sterling, and his wife Lucina.
Districts Listings in Missoula [1] Property name Address Listing date Duncan Block: 232-240 N Higgins Ave: October 17, 1997: Fort Missoula Historic District: Reserve St and South Ave: April 29, 1987: Lower Rattlesnake Historic District: roughly bounded by Vene St., Greenough Park, Elm St. and Pierce St. June 10, 1999: Lolo Trail
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.
Missoula is the hub of its Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) economic area, which includes the Montana counties of Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, and Sanders. [64] As of 2011 [update] , the BEA listed the economic area population at 306,050. [ 65 ]
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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.