The mills provided supplies to western settlers traveling along the Mullan Road. By 1866, the settlement had moved east, 5 miles (8В km) upstream, and had been renamed Missoula Mills, later shortened to Missoula.

Missoula was founded in 1860 as Hellgate Trading Post while still part of Washington Territory. Hamilton, who set up a trading post along the Rattlesnake Creek, Captain Richard Grant, who settled near Grant Creek, and David Pattee, who settled near Pattee Canyon. The Missoula area began seeing settlement by people of European descent in 1858 including William T. Missoula is home to the University of Montana, a public research university. After Billings, Missoula is the second-largest city and metropolitan area in Montana.

The 2020 United States Census shows the city's population at 73,489 and the population of the Missoula Metropolitan Area at 117,922.

It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot and Blackfoot Rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, thus it is often described as the 'hub of five valleys'. state of Montana it is the county seat of Missoula County. He is honored to represent many of the best artists in Utah both past and present.Missoula / m ЙЄ Л€ z uЛђ l Й™/ ( listen) is a city in the U.S. Harwood, Minerva Teichert, Mabel Frazer, Dan Weggeland, Mahonri Young, William Parkinson, Maynard Dixon, and many others.Дavid is a self-described вЂњArt Nerd.вЂќ He has extensive knowledge of art history and specializes in early Utah and Western art. Christensen, Waldo Midgley, LeConte Stewart, Lee Greene Richards, Henri Moser, James T. David Ericson Fine Art regularly sells a whole range of early Utah works by John Hafen, C.C.A. Harwood, Edwin Evans, Clyde Squires, Dan Weggeland, George Martin Ottinger, Jack Sears, Clyde Cornick, Howell Rosenbaum and Joyce Blegen. David continues to research early Utah artists and UtahвЂ™s unique pioneer art history.Дavid has handled the estates of: A.B. David Ericson Fine Art has appraised a myriad of important collections throughout the country from personal estates to various institutions in the inter-mountain west.

If you, for any reason, want to return a purchase, we will exchange the purchase amount for gallery credit.Дavid has been heavily involved in consulting for various artists and multiple art committees, including: GovernorвЂ™s Mansion Foundation Board, Salt Lake County Art Advisory Board, Utah Arts Council Collection Committee, LDS Church Art Committee, University of Utah Special Exhibitions Committee and several others. This philosophy has inspired a Lifetime Return Policy. If you choose well, one day you will be able to sell it for a profit. DavidвЂ™s philosophy is: If you love a piece of art, buy it. From pioneer painters to realists, his gallery is noted for its consistent high quality.вЂќДavid has always emphasized the importance of building a collection by focusing on the art that you love. In вЂњUtah Art,вЂќ Vern Swanson wrote, вЂњBy the early eighties, David EricsonвЂ™s Gallery 56 was becoming the most significant sales gallery for early Utah art. The first iteration of David Ericson Fine Art was Gallery 56, located at 400 South 56 West in downtown Salt Lake City. David Ericson Fine Art was established in October 1978, specializing in Utah painting and sculpture.

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