Historical Fort Missoula

Education

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Scheduling Help Checklist:
  • Please schedule guided visits and outreach 2-3 weeks in advance for groups under 60, and 3-4 weeks in advance for 60-140+ participants.
  • Self-guided visits require 2 days advanced scheduling. Free tour maps and independent scavenger hunts are provided upon request.
  • Please specify needs or accommodations when making reservations.
  • Please complete the Tour Inquiry form in order to begin the scheduling process. Staff will contact you for final arrangements upon receipt of the completed Tour Inquiry.
  • Directions:
    From the intersection of South Avenue and Reserve Street, continue west on South Avenue past Community Hospital ΒΌ mile. Turn left (across from Big Sky High School) onto Guardsman Lane at the brown sign "Historical Museum at Fort Missoula". Guardsman Lane runs right into our parking lot of the brick main building, Building #322.

Parking for buses is in between signage, parallel to the cedar fence in front of or opposite the main Museum building #322. Exit by the drive to the right.

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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
"When The Mountains Roared: The Fire of 1910" (3/28/10- 1/1/12)
"The Road to Today: 250 Years of Missoula History" (permanent)

Missoula History Minutes

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51. The Chinese

The coming of the railroad brought minority groups to Missoula. One of the largest of these was the Chinese. As in most cities the Chinese were not allowed to reside in the nicer sections of Missoula. Most of them lived and had their businesses along West Front Street, where most of the bars and bawdy houses were located. Besides laundries, the Chinese businesses in Missoula included restaurants, food stores, and clothing stores selling only Chinese wares. Many Missoulians envied the Chinese because they were able to live so well on a small income. But there were thoughtless people who would threaten to cut off a Chinaman's pigtail, and some hoodlums even went as far as threatening to kill the Chinamen if they didn't tell them where they hid their money. The law often ignored the problems of these people, nor were they allowed to vote.