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Descendant recounts Missoula founder Frances L. Wharton’s role in early trading post, mill and water system
Summary
Hannah Wharton, a descendant of Frances Lyman Wharton, told meeting attendees that her ancestor and C.P. Higgins founded Missoula’s first trading post, later moved the settlement to the Clark Fork River and established a mill, post office and an early municipal water system.
Hannah Wharton, a descendant of Frances Lyman Wharton, told meeting attendees that her ancestor and C.P. Higgins founded Missoula’s first trading post, later moved the settlement to the Clark Fork River and established a mill, post office and an early municipal water system.
Wharton spoke during the meeting’s public-comment period, saying, "He was born in Vermont in 1830," and recounting that Wharton worked in New York, went west during the gold rush, and later opened…
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