Frank H. Woody


Frank Hargrave Woody was, among many occupations, the first mayor of Missoula, Montana. He was born in Chatham County, North Carolina and attended New Garden Boarding School in Greensboro, North Carolina. After teaching for several years he began moving westward in 1852 before eventually settling in what was then called Flathead county todays Ravalli and Missoula Counties in Washington Territory where he was paid to drive supplies for trade with the native populations. Woody accompanied Christopher P. Higgins and Frank Worden in the establishment of Hellgate Village and later Missoula, Montana.

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