When Missoula was Young
Engaging Students in the Living History of their Community

What do the following people have in common?

• The first woman representative elected to the U.S. Congress.
• A revered Salish leader who was forcibly removed from her tribal homeland to an Indian reservation. 
•  A race car driver, mechanic, inventor, and rancher who played a principal role in the development of a city airport. 
•  A homesteader whose farm has been preserved by a city as a community treasure.