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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 in 1877 to help protect further arriving settlers. Growth accelerated with the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1883, and by charter, Missoula incorporated a municipal government as a town, the same year. [22] In 1885, Missoula reincorporated its government as a city.
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.
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 ...
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]
Missoula County / m ɪ ˈ z uː l ə / ⓘ is a county located in the state of Montana. As of the 2020 census , the population was 117,922, [ 1 ] making it Montana's third most populous county . Its county seat and most populous city is Missoula . [ 2 ]
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1877 – Fort Missoula established. first Fire Department organized. 1878 – Library Association formed. 1879 – First telephones installed; 1883 – Charter for Town of Missoula approved by voters and formed as an aldermanic form of government.. June 23 – Northern Pacific Railway arrived. 1884 – First telephone exchange opened.