Fort Ellis

Historical marker location:

33179 Frontage Rd, Bozeman, Montana

( Marker is at the intersection of Old Route 191 and Fort Ellis Road when traveling east on Old Route 191.)

Marker installed: 1926

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.