Missoula Founding Amid Early Montana Frontiers
The Bitter Root valley becomes a cradle of white settlement as Jesuits led by DeSmet and later Captains Higgins and McCormick help establish Missoula Mills. Early travel by Lewis and Clark, fur traders, and the Hudson’s Bay Company shape the region before 1860. St. Marys mission, Blackfeet conflicts, and the Cantonment Stevens era set the stage for Missoula’s growth and the first white marriage in 1862.
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Bannack
Alder Gulch
Montana
Hudson's Bay Company
Bitter Root
Missoula
Flathead
Land of Promise
DeSmet
C. P. Higgins
Washington Jay McCormick
Missoula Mills
Frank H. Woody
Missoula Country
Lewis and Clark
Bitter Root Valley
Big Hole Mountain Pass
Bitter Root River
St. Louis
Blackfeet
Fort Hall
Ignace Iroquois
Ignace
Father DeSmet
Plains
Flatheads
Three Tetons
Idaho
Gallatin Valley
Gallatin City
Fathers Point
Meagarine
W. Claessens
Joseph
Fort Colville
Columbia River
Belgium
Coeur d’Alene
Hocken
St. Mary’s
Father Des
Father Ravalli
St. Mary’s Mission
St. Sh
Father Hocken
Crow Creek
Angus McDonald
Owen
Oregon
California
Joseph Lampre
William Rodgers
Ben
al Jim Simons
Ben Keiser
Gabriel Prudomme
Territory
Washington
Isaac I. Stevens
Northern Pacific Railroad
Stevens
Missoula County
Thomas Adams
F. H. Burr
Deer Lodge
Miss
Hudson’s Bay
L. R. Waillet
Henry
Brooks
McArthur
Cantonment
United States
Pen d’Oreilles
Kootenai
Hell’s Gate Ronde
Hell’s Gate River
Hell's Gate
Hell
Port D’enfer
Gate of Hell
Baptiste Ducharme
Louis Brown
Frenchtown
R. A. Pesky
W. Bills
Hell's Gate Ronde
Angus McLeod
James Mclivor
Richard Grant
Grant
Walla Walla
Higgins
Worden
Frank L. Worden
Clices
Hell’s Gate
George P. White
Josephine Minesinger
Henry Brooks
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Emanuel Martin
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Dr. Lansdale
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Henry G. Miller
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Captain C. P. Higgins
Frank F. Woody
Gallatin
Missouri Peo Oters
Mouri River
Great Falls
Wesourl
Hover Consolidated
Cat Creek
Frantz
Mid-Northern
Great Western
Hover-Schwarts
Elk Basin
Mid-West
Standard Ol
Montaeal
Hover-Schwartz
Lucky Strike
Unit Petroleum
Hover Consolidated Royalties
Lewistown
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