Bellamy Bridge Heritage Trail

U.S. National Leprosarium Dormitories

These dormitories were built in 1940 at the site of the U.S. National Leprosarium, the only inpatient hospital for research and treatment of Hansen's Disease (Leprosy). The facility provided a home for 4,500 victims of Hansen's Disease, once considered to ...

Cemetery at U.S. National Leprosarium

The cemetery on the campus of the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center has many graves dating to the opening of the Carville Center in 1894. Many of the names are aliases, due to the stigma attached to Hansen's Disease ...

Indian Camp (Woodlawn) Plantation

In 1857, during the period of Greek revival architecture (1820-1860), sugarcane planter Robert Camp built Indian Camp Plantation, deigned by architect Henry Howard. On Persac's map of the Mississippi, c1858, the tract of land is identified as "Woodlawn." The mansion ...

Wilma Theatre

Previously known as the Smead-Simons Building, this eight-story Wilma Theatre building was commonly referred to as western Montana’s first “skyscraper” after its construction. Known as one of the finest theatres in the West, the Wilma opened on May 11, 1921, ...

Toole Park - Salish Campground

The Salish Indians have a long and storied history in this valley. The area where you are standing was once used by the Salish to harvest bitterroot, a dietary staple for Indian tribes in the region. Every spring, the Salish, ...

St. Francis Xavier Church

Jesuit missionaries had a profound effect on the history of the Northwest, and their influence on Missoula is no exception. In 1841, the first Jesuit priests made their way through the Missoula valley in response to a request by the ...

Rattlesnake Creek Streetcar Abutments

Before the automobile became a ubiquitous part of the American landscape, street cars provided an efficient form of urban transportation. Missoula’s first streetcar system, a horse-drawn car on tracks, operated briefly during the 1890s. William A. Clark, a prominent Butte ...

Northern Pacific Railroad Depot

In the early twentieth century, railroads provided remote communities with a vital link to the outside world. The 1883 arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad provided reliable transportation for the people of Missoula and served as a commercial boon for ...

Mullan Road

As run along the Missoula Marathon course on an early summer morning, you’d never know that in the mid-1800s the path you’re on was the route of a major military wagon road. This historic travel corridor served as one of ...