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Missoula, Montana, USA: Built: 1877; 148 ... Added to NRHP: April 29, 1987: Fort Missoula was established by the United States Army in 1877 on land that is now part ...
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 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.
Missoula (/ m ɪ ˈ z uː l ʌ / ⓘ mih-ZOO-lə) is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States.It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot and Blackfoot rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, and thus it is often described as the "hub of five valleys". [8]
In early 1916, Robertson was transferred to Fort Missoula, Montana, where he served for few months, before he was ordered to the newly established officer training school at Camp Bullis in Texas. Following the United States entry into World War I in April 1917, he served with the training units, before he embarked for France in May 1918.
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
"Death of a Small Business: The Missoula Brewing Company," Montana, March 1988, Vol. 38 Issue 1, pp 54–61; Lonnquist, Lois (2006). Fifty Cents an Hour: The Builders and Boomtowns of the Fort Peck Dam. Helena, Montana: MtSky Press. ISBN 0-9786963-0-1. Morris, Patrick F. (1997). Anaconda Montana: Copper Smelting Boomtown on the Western Frontier ...
View of Missoula, Montana, looking west from Mount Sentinel over the University of Montana toward Downtown Missoula. The history of Missoula, Montana begins as early as 12,000 years ago with the end of the region's glacial lake period with western exploration dating back to the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804–1806. The first permanent ...