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52. Incorporation
The town of Missoula was incorporated in the spring of 1883. Elections were held in April and Frank Woody was elected the first mayor. The first meeting of the new town council was held on April 16 in Woody's office with William Murphy, Frank Worden, Sam Arthur and Edmund Sherwood attending. On March 12, 1885 the city of Missoula was incorporated and the town of Missoula ceased to exist.
Not all of the early meetings of the town officials were of a business nature. It was reported that when the town Board of Equalization met on Monday, September 16, 1883, the men played poker instead of discussing business. The winners were Worden, Eddy, William Murphy and Sam Arthur. The losers were Higgins, Hank Myers, W. J. McCormick and Pat Mahony.