Interviewer
Lenora Koebel
Files
Description
Audra Browman discusses Missoula, Montana history. She talks about 19th and early 20th maps, paintings, and photographs that depict the city’s layout. She also discusses how Missoula served as a temporary state capital in 1889. Browman talks about the establishment of the Missoula city government, debates about the formation and boundaries of Missoula County, and the reason why Missoula has a non-traditional plat. She describes the construction of Mullan Road and other interstate infrastructural projects that facilitated migration and settlement in Missoula and western Montana. She recalls squabbles in the 1950s over city government consolidation, and the correct managerial system—aldermanic versus commissioner. Browman discusses Native tribes such as the Blackfeet, Nez Perce, and the Flatheads and talks about how these tribes got their names and their relationships with white settlers. She also discusses the location of historic places and events in Missoula in relation to modern landmarks.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Higgins, Worden; League of Women Voters, Missoula; History, Missoula, Montana; Healy, Stan; Chamber of Commerce, Missoula; Taxpayers Association, Missoula; AFL-CIO, Montana; Grant; City infrastructure; Missoula city layout; Missoula city government; Missoula Mercantile; Native American tribes, Montana; Mullan Road
Original Date
1972
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Lenora Koelbel Missoula History Oral History Project, OH 027, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 027-005a, 005b, 006
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
3 sound cassettes (03:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (43 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
02:01:33 minutes
Local Filename
OH_027_005a_005b_006.mp3; OH_027_005a_005b_006.pdf
Citation
Browman, Audra, "Audra Browman Interview, circa 1972" (1972). Lenora Koelbel Missoula History Oral History Project. 3.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/lenorakoelbel_missoulahistoryinterviews/3