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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 ...
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.
Fort Missoula Internment Camp; P. Fort Parker; Camp Poplar River; Camp Porter; R. Fort Raymond; S. Saleesh House This page was last edited on 31 May 2018, at 18:50 ...
It remained with the future US 10 route as it passed through Missoula, proceeding west through Montana. The Mullan Road through the Missoula Valley, slightly south of the former US 10 and still in use today as S-263, fostered rapid growth for the burgeoning city, and allowed the U.S. Army to establish Fort Missoula in 1877.
Missoula has three main sources of print and digital media: the Missoulian (daily), The Missoula Current (daily), and Montana Kaimin (college). The Missoulian was founded as a weekly publication in 1870 as The Missoula and Cedar Creek Pioneer and remains the city's oldest news product. [154]
Summer – Frank L. Worden and Captain Christopher P. Higgins began construction of lumber and flour mills five miles east of Hell Gate. Known as Missoula Mills, this became the site of Missoula, Montana [40] August 26 – The Montana Post, Virginia City, Montana publishes the first serial of Thomas J. Dimsdale's The Vigilantes of Montana [41]
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.