honorific_prefix death_date death_place children birth_place birth_date alt spouse known_for image article_title name occupation
capt. 14 october 1889 missoula , montana 7 mayor frank higgins ireland 16 march 1830 c. p. higgins portrait juliet p. grant founder of hellgate trading post and missoula , montana c.p. higgins.jpg christopher p. higgins
 christopher powers higgins army legislator captain , businessman , county commissioner , territory
christopher p. higgins

capt. christopher powers higgins -lrb- march 16 , 1830 -- october 14 , 1889 -rrb- was an american army captain and later businessman who with frank worden founded the hellgate trading post and the nearby city of missoula , montana .
he erected one of the first lumber and flouring mills on the clark fork river near present downtown missoula as well as many of missoula 's first buildings and establishments .
he was one of the original county commissioners , member of first legislature of the montana territory , and incorporator of the montana historical society .
higgins avenue and bridge as well as the higgins block in downtown missoula are named after him .
he is buried in missoula cemetery .
