Historical Marker
Northwest Passage
Historical marker location:
123 Carousel Drive, Missoula, Montana
( Marker can be reached from Carousel Drive near South Higgins Avenue.)
Captain Lewis in the Missoula Valley.
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.