Historical Fort Missoula

Education

Free school programs 2009/2010 School Year

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Outdoor Exhibit Tours (May - October)

All-Around-the-Grounds Tour
Apple Days (FALL ONLY)
Fire Lookout Tower and Miller Creek Guard Cabin
Locomotives and Railroads
One-Room Schoolhouse Experience
Perpetual Monday- Laundry in the 1870's
WW2 Alien Detention Center and Discrimination

Indoor Exhibit Tours (Year Round)

"When The Mountains Roared: The Fire of 1910" (3/28/10- 1/1/12)
"Let Wonderland Tell Its Story: The Henry Jackson Albert Types" Early Photographs of Yellowstone National Park (4/25/10- 1/1/11) - independent tour
"The Road to Today: 250 Years of Missoula History" (permanent)

Outreach Programs

"We come to you"

Wear a Hat for History - 1st-6th grade
Fire Lookouts - K-12th grade
"My Memories of the Frontier" by Captain Charles Rawn - 9-12th grade (must schedule 3 weeks in advance, limited availability)
Homestead Lady - Preschool-3rd grade
Missoula History Through Children's Eyes - 3rd grade
Wizard of Flus - K-3rd grade

Education Trunk

Missoula History Through Children's Eyes

Introduction-Presettlement 1700's-1850's
Children on the Way
Children and Their Environment
Children at Home
Children in Town
Children at School
Children and Art

FREE CHECKOUT
Please call to reserve.
Teacher-led or docents available to lead components. Target age - 3rd grade.

Scheduling Information

Tours and outreach programs require 2 weeks advance notice for scheduling (unless otherwise noted).
Tours run Tuesday - Friday.
Please contact Dorene or Carolyn to schedule tours, outreach programs, and education trunk check-outs.

Contacts

Dorene Might-Dyer
Director of Education
406.728.3476 ext. 3
dmightdyer@montana.com

Carolyn Thompson
Education Assistant
406.729.3476 ext. 4
cpthompson@montana.com

Missoula History Minutes

TEMP

29. Higgins Saves Governor Stevens

Governor Isaac Stevens was on his way to negotiate with the Indians of western Montana in 1854. While his party was crossing the swollen Bitterroot River on July 4, C. P. Higgins proved his worth to the Governor. The party crossed the river on three rafts, using poles to guide their cumbersome vessels. The last raft, carrying Higgins and the governor, was the largest and least manageable. The river carried this raft farther downstream until it reached some swift rapids where the poles were useless. Higgins took the end of a pack rope, dove into the water and swam to land. He ran along the shore until he came to a tree around which he wound the rope, thus checking the raft, which then swung into shore. Three days later, Governor Stevens met with the Flathead, Pend d'Oreille and Kootenai tribes in preparation for the Hellgate Treaty.