Hellgate Village, depicted her as it looked in 1860, was located around a trading post set up by C.P. Higgins and Frank Worden about four miles west of present-day Higgins Avenue along the Mullan Road.
The village was successful until 1865 when Higgins and Worden started Missoula Mills and moved the Worden and Company Store into the new town. Most of the inhabitants of HellgateVillage soon followed. HellgateVillage served as the county seat from MissoulaCounty from 1860 to 1866. (Stan Cohen)