of worship in Miles City. Trinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1906 as a preaching station with German services and served by missionaries following on the newly built Northern Pacific Railroad to hold services for German settlers in Miles City. During the anti-German hysteria of WWI, preaching in German was outlawed in Montana, including for worship at Trinity, Miles City. Now it is an English-speaking congregation in the Montana District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS). It also operates a school. Notable people Walter A. Burleigh, non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Dakota Territory Noelle E. Cockett, geneticist and president of Utah State University Emily Danforth, professor and author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post Caleb Frare, professional baseball pitcher Maurice Hilleman, microbiologist Elmer Holt, tenth governor of Montana George Lynch, race car driver Jeff Meyer, television director Merle Greene Robertson, art historian and renowned scholar of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. Curt Schmidt, Montreal Expos pitcher James Arnold von der Heydt, lawyer and judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Larry R. Williams, commodity trader, author, and father of Academy Award-nominated actress, Michelle Williams George Winston, pianist References External links City website Community website The Miles City Star The Miles City Live HD Camera 1944 Bombing of Miles City Cities in Montana Cities in Custer County, Montana County seats in Montana