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| | AllRefer.com - Missoula, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia |
 | | 42,918), seat of Missoula co., W Mont., on the Clark Fork of the Columbia River; inc. 1889. |
 | | In the midst of five watered valleys, large forests, and an extensive dairy and cattle area, Missoula is a commercial center with lumber and paper, printing and publishing, food, chemicals, construction materials, furniture, and fabricated metal products industries, but the Univ. of Montana is the largest employer. |
 | | Hell Gate town was founded nearby in 1860 and moved to the Missoula site six years later. |
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