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Fort Missoula Museum

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Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Fort Missoula Museum
Phone:
+1 406-728-3476

Hours:
Sunday12pm - 5pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday12pm - 5pm
Wednesday12pm - 5pm
Thursday12pm - 5pm
Friday12pm - 5pm
Saturday12pm - 5pm


Fort Missoula was established by the United States Army in 1877 on land that is now part of the city of Missoula, Montana, to protect settlers in Western Montana from possible threats from the Native American Indians, such as the Nez Perce.Beginning in 1888, the fort was home to the famous Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment . While stationed at Fort Missoula, this unit tested the practicality of soldiers traveling by bicycles by conducting numerous training rides, with one ride all the way to St. Louis, Missouri. The Trans-America Bicycle Trail established in 1976 goes through Missoula, and covers some of the routes pedaled by the 25th Regiment. During World War II, Fort Missoula housed a prison camp for Italian POWs, who called the area Bella Vista, and Japanese Americans arrested as enemy aliens after Pearl Harbor.
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