Step back in time with an exclusive Unseen Missoula historic walking tour. Discover hidden stories as you wander the streets of Downtown with expert guides. Then, enjoy a curated fine dining experience that beautifully blends history and flavor. It’s not just a meal – it’s a journey through time, with the opportunity to connect with your community and support what you love about Downtown.

Connect with fellow supporters and learn about the Missoula Downtown Foundation’s latest projects and initiatives. Towards the end of the event, there will be an opportunity to make a meaningful donation that will directly support the enhancement of Downtown through the vibrancy of arts and culture, livability, economy, and safety.

Unseen Missoula Tour:

Carnal Enterprises

While most in Missoula are familiar with the name Mary Gleim or the brief history of Front Street, many of the district’s stories remain untold including Gleim’s and her businesses. Since its existence along the historic Mullan Road, Front Street has been dubbed with the title of Missoula’s ‘red light district’ implicating that district remained a place of vice, sin, and corruption influenced by the radical reformist religious movements of the late 19th century. However, violence and addiction found throughout the entirety of the American West remain only a sliver of the true story.

From 1889-1917, West Front and Main Streets became home to a vibrant ‘restricted’ community of working women, Chinese laborers, African American soldiers, and immigrants who built the environment we as Missoulians have come to love today. This tour discusses the district through the historical lenses of sex, race, class, and occupation in order to create a broader social understanding against the backdrop of the remaining built environment.

6:30pm – Carnal Enterprises Tour: 

Meet promptly at The Wilma Theatre for the tour start @ 6:30pm

Dinner at the Stables:

(vegetarian option upon request)