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MISSOULA. THE GARDEN CITY. ZOOTOWN. GOD’S COUNTRY.

No matter what you call it, Missoula, Montana is a rare combination of urban and
outdoor, cultured and down-home, cowboy and hippie. Make it Missoula is the
stage upon which all these diverse personalities and lifestyles dance, and make
Missoula the interesting and lively place we love. Learn more about Missoula,
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ABOUT MISSOULA, MT

Missoula, Montana is located along the Clark Fork and Bitterroot rivers. Located
in Western Montana at the convergence of five mountain ranges, Missoula is
sometimes referred to as the “Hub of Five Valleys."



Photo by Mark Mesenko, mesenko.com.

Since 2000, Missoula has been the second largest city in Montana. The 2010
Census stated Missoula’s city population at 66,788 and the Missoula Metro area
at 109,299. Missoula, MT natives and residents are referred to as "Missoulians."

The city now named Missoula was founded in 1860. At the time the area was
officially part of the Washington Territory and called Hellgate Trading Post.
Because the area was originally home to several mills that provided supplies to
western settlers traveling along Mullan Road the name was changed to Missoula
Mills, then shortened again to its present day name of Missoula.

By the 1880s, the Northern Pacific Railway came through the area and Missoula
matured to support a thriving lumber industry. As the city experienced rapid
growth, Missoula was chosen by the Montana Legislature as the site for the new
state’s first university. Along with the U.S. Forest Service headquarters which
was founded in 1908, the city’s lumber industry and the university would serve
as forerunners of the local economy for the next hundred years. However, by the
late 1990s, Missoula’s lumber industry had all but disappeared. Today the city’s
largest employers are the University of Montana and Missoula’s two hospitals.



Photo by Paul Queneau, PQPHOTO.NET.

The University of Montana ‒ Missoula (often simply referred to as the University
of Montana, UM, or U of M), was established in 1893. UM is the first and largest
university in Montana with a 2010 student population of 15,642. The campus
houses 6 colleges and 3 schools. The university is the flagship campus of the
four-campus University of Montana System and is its largest institution. The
main campus is located at the foot of the mountain bearing Missoula's most
recognizable landmark, a large letter "M" on Mt. Sentinel. Rolling Stone
magazine called UM the "most scenic campus in America" and Outside magazine
dubbed it "among the top 10 colleges nationally for combining academic quality
and outdoor recreation."

The University of Montana ranks 17th in the nation and fifth among public
universities in producing Rhodes Scholars, with a total of 28 such scholars. The
University of Montana has 11 Truman Scholars, 14 Goldwater Scholars and 31 Udall
Scholars to its name. UM’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library houses the
earliest authorized edition of the Lewis and Clark journals.

The city is governed by a mayor-council government with twelve city council
members, two from each of the six wards. In and around Missoula are 400 acres of
parkland, 22 miles of trails, and nearly 5,000 acres of open-space conservation
land.

Missoula, MT has been home to a number of notable individuals in a wide variety
of fields. In politics, Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to congress,
was born and raised in Missoula. Senator Mike Mansfield, the U.S.'s longest
serving Senate Majority Leader began his political career while living in
Missoula. Max Baucus, Montana's longest serving U.S. Senator and currently U.S.
Ambassador to China, also established his political career while residing in
Missoula.

Other notable Missoula citizens included athletes, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Quarterback John Elway, and former Milwaukee Bucks coach Larry Krystowiak. Actor
Dana Carvey and filmmaker David Lynch were both born in Missoula while Carroll
O'Connor and J.K. Simmons both attended UM. Also notable is author Norman
Maclean, whose book, A River Runs Through It, later became an acclaimed movie,
and chronicles Maclean’s life in early-20th century Missoula, Mt.

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