Fort Connah

Historical marker location:

St. Ignatius, Montana

( Marker is on U.S. 93 at milepost 39 near Post Creek Road, on the right when traveling north.)

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.