Historical Marker
Natural Travel Corridor
Historical marker location:
Wisdom, Montana
( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 43 and Bitterroot-Big Hole Road, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 43.)
On the Eve of Tragedy. Trail Creek.
Montana was the first state to elect a woman to Congress, Jeannette Rankin, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916. She was a pacifist and voted against the entry of the United States into both World War I and World War II.