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During World War II, Fort Missoula housed an internment camp for Italian detainees, ... and Missoula County (including the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula). Fort ...
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.
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.
Fort Brady; Chrysler Tank School; Minnesota Camp Savage; Fort Snelling (ARNG) Mississippi Camp Van Dorn [4] Missouri Camp Crowder; Fort Osage; Jefferson Barracks; Montana Fort Missoula; Nebraska Fort Kearny; Fort Robinson; Sioux Army Depot [5] Newfoundland Allan's Island Radar Station; Bell Island Battery; Cape Spear Radar Station; Elliston ...
The War Relocation Authority operated ten Japanese-American internment camps in remote areas of the United States during World War II. The War Relocation Authority (WRA) was a United States government agency established to handle the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Willamette Locomotive no. 7, on static display at the Fort Missoula Museum. Cylinder detail of a Willamette locomotive. The Willamette locomotive was a geared steam locomotive of the Shay locomotive type, built by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works of Portland, Oregon. After key patents on the Shay locomotive had expired, it was possible for ...
The museum features exhibits regarding the area history of Japanese American internment in the 1940s when more than 17,000 Japanese Americans were housed at nearby Rohwer War Relocation Center and Jerome War Relocation Center during World War II.