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Missoula Fort Sainted as Indian Tensions Rise in 1877
Fort Missoula in Montana, chosen after a council of officers and settlers, is established near Missoula as Chief Joseph and Nez Perces threaten uprisings. Lt Worden raises Old Glory on the Bitterroot bank, designating the site for a new post amid mounting frontier fears.
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United States
Worden
Eric Thane
Missoula
Montana
Neaves Bisienaan
Idaho
Bear Paw
Aarge
Joseph
Canada
Sitting Bull
Flathead Lake
Isaac J. Stevens
Jocko Reservation
Flathead
Jacques
Jocko) Finley
Victor
Charlot
Arlee
Maginnis
Major Maginnis
War Department of the United States
War Department
Blackfoot Bridge
Bonner
Grant Creek
Higgins Farm
McCauley
Col
Wesley Merrit
Washington, D. C
Big Lake
Prairies
Continental Divide
Gilbert
Seventh Infantry
Third Infantry
Fort Ellis
Bozeman
Missoula River
Bitter Root
Fort Missoula
Buttes
California
Cisively
Williams
Fort Lapwai
Howard
C. C. Rawn
Lolo
Lolo Pass
Rawn
Bitter Root Valley
Peter Rowan
Ronan
Rowan
Pillow
6Th Cavalry
Thomas H. Carter
Joseph M. Dixon
Dixon
Port Missoula
Fortula
58Th Infantry
4Th Infantry
Paris
Resi