Stories and Stones 2025 - Francis Worden presented by Hannah Worden

5920756 · September 29, 2025

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Hannah Wharton introduces herself as the great great great granddaughter of Frances Lyman Wharton, the founder of Missoula.

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The annual Stories and Stones event at the Historical Missoula City Cemetery. Francis “Frank” Worden was a businessman, politician, and co-founder of Missoula, first called Wordensville. After early ventures in California and Oregon, he partnered with C.P. Higgins to establish trading posts, mills, and mercantile stores in several parts of Montana, laying much of the foundation for Missoula’s growth. Active in politics and community development, he served in the Territorial Legislature, helped provide Missoula’s first water system, and became the first chairman of the cemetery board. His death left behind his wife, Lucretia and their seven children.

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