anemotis's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=anemotis2002-09-06T21:54:14ZMissoula, Montana (place)http://everything2.com/user/anemotis/writeups/Missoula%252C+Montanaanemotishttp://everything2.com/user/anemotis2002-09-06T21:54:14Z2002-09-06T21:54:14Z<h1>
It has <a href="/title/history">history</a>?<p>
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Missoula, Montana began in the early 1860's as an insignificant settlement known as Hellgate <a href="/title/Village">Village</a> (after the Hellgate Canyon), when a couple of guys by the names of C.P. Higgens and Francis Worden thought they could make a few bucks trading with local indians.They opened a store down in the valley to trade with the <a href="/title/Salish">Salish</a>, <a href="/title/Pend+d%2527Oreille">Pend d'Oreille</a>, and <a href="/title/Kootenai">Kootenai</a> tribes originally found in Western Montana. Hellgate Village was a success, and was soon followed by a flour mill and a sawmill. Eventually it was renamed "Missoula Mills", and after an even shorter period of time, it was shortened to just "Missoula".
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What about the <a href="/title/Population">Population</a>?
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After the completion of the Mullan Road in 1863 which linked <a href="/title/Fort+Benton%252C+Montana">Fort Benton, Montana</a> to <a href="/title/Walla+Walla%252C+Washington">Walla Walla, Washington</a>, Missoula's population continued to grow. The <a href="/title/U.S.+Army">U.S. Army</a> established Fort Missoula just south of the town in 1877, and in 1883 (the year Missoula was incorporated) the <a href="/title/Northern+Pacific+Railroad">Northern Pacific Railroad</a><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Some sort of purple imagination (person)http://everything2.com/user/anemotis/writeups/Some+sort+of+purple+imaginationanemotishttp://everything2.com/user/anemotis2000-12-11T21:45:02Z2000-12-11T21:45:02Z<a href="/title/I+watched+from+my+window">I watched from my window</a> while you ran by, carrying a million <a href="/title/stolen">stolen</a> dreams under your arm. You were wary, hiding in the <a href="/title/shadows">shadows</a> at every available opportunity, but I saw you. Every once in a great while you would flicker into my line of vision, your blond hair a silhouette in the night. <a href="/title/The+silver+lining">The silver lining</a> on a the cloud that is who you are, created by the shimmering heat and a broken street light.
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Occasionally I will run into you on the street by Hannah’s <a href="/title/antiques">antiques</a>. . . each of us walking a different direction towards nowhere, me <a href="/title/reading+the+paper">reading the paper</a>, or some journal, you with your head down, absorbed by some <a href="/title/deep+philosophical+thought">deep philosophical thought</a>. Some <a href="/title/pretty">pretty</a>, shining thing. <a href="/title/Some+sort+of+purple+imagination">Some sort of purple imagination</a>. . . and when I try to look, you cover it with your hand.
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“It’s Mine!” you say. “<a href="/title/My+pretty+thing">My pretty thing</a>.”
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I just shake my head and continue <a href="/title/walking">walking</a>.
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