Bozeman is a

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and the

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of Gallatin County,

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. Located in southwest Montana, the 2020 census put Bozeman's population at 53,293, making it the fourth-largest city in Montana. It is the principal city of the Bozeman, MT Micropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of all of Gallatin County with a population of 118,960. Due to the fast growth rate Bozeman is expected to be upgraded to Montana's fourth metropolitan area. It is the largest micropolitan statistical area in Montana, the fastest growing micropolitan statistical area in the United States in 2018, 2019 and 2020, as well as the third-largest of all Montana's statistical areas. The city is named after

John M. Bozeman John Merin Bozeman (January 1835 – April 20, 1867) was a pioneer and frontiersman in the American frontier, American West who helped establish the Bozeman Trail through Wyoming Territory into the gold fields of southwestern Montana Terri ...

, who established the

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and was a founder of the town in August 1864. The town became incorporated in April 1883 with a

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form of government, and in January 1922 transitioned to its current

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/ city commission form of government. Bozeman was elected an All-America City in 2001 by the

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. Bozeman is home to

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. The local newspaper is the '' Bozeman Daily Chronicle''; the city is served by

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History

Early history

For many years,

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, including the

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, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Flathead,

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and

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traveled through the area, called the "Valley of the Flowers". The

Gallatin Valley Gallatin County is located in the U.S. state of Montana. With its county seat in Bozeman, Montana, Bozeman, it is the List of counties in Montana, second-most populous county in Montana, with a population of 118,960 in the 2020 United States cen ...

in particular, in which Bozeman is located, was primarily within the territory of the Crow people.

Nineteenth century

William Clark visited the area in July 1806 as he traveled east from Three Forks along the Gallatin River. The party camped east of what is now Bozeman, at the mouth of Kelly Canyon. The journal entries from Clark's party briefly describe the future city's location.

John Bozeman

In 1863,

John Bozeman John Merin Bozeman (January 1835 – April 20, 1867) was a pioneer and frontiersman in the American West who helped establish the Bozeman Trail through Wyoming Territory into the gold fields of southwestern Montana Territory in the early ...

, along with a partner named John Jacob, opened the

, a new northern trail off the

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leading to the mining town of Virginia City through the Gallatin Valley and the future location of the city of Bozeman. John Bozeman, with Daniel Rouse and William Beall,

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ted the town in August 1864, stating "standing right in the gate of the mountains ready to swallow up all tenderfeet that would reach the territory from the east, with their golden fleeces to be taken care of."

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closed the Bozeman Trail in 1868, but the town's fertile land still attracted permanent settlers.

Nelson Story

In 1866,

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, a successful Virginia City, Montana, gold miner originally from

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, entered the cattle business. Story braved the hostile Bozeman Trail to successfully drive some 1,000 head of longhorn cattle into Paradise Valley just east of Bozeman. Eluding the U.S. Army, who tried to turn Story back to protect the drive from hostile Indians, Story's cattle formed one of the earliest significant herds in Montana's cattle industry. Story established a sizable ranch in the Paradise Valley and holdings in the Gallatin Valley. He later donated land to the state for the establishment of Montana State University.

Fort Ellis

Fort Ellis , el. was established in 1867 by Captain R. S. LaMotte and two companies of the 2nd Cavalry, after the murder of John Bozeman near the mouth of Mission Creek on Yellowstone River , and considerable political disturbance in the area led local settlers and miners to feel a need for added protection. The fort, named for Gettysburg casualty Colonel Augustus Van Horne Ellis, was decommissioned in 1886 and few remnants are left at the actual site, now occupied by the Fort Ellis Experimental Station of Montana State University. In addition to Fort Ellis, a short-lived fort, Fort Elizabeth Meagher (also simply known as Fort Meagher), was established in 1867 by volunteer militiamen. This fort was located eight miles (13km) east of town on Rocky Creek., el.

Other

In 1864, W.W. described Gallatin County as “one of the most beautiful and picturesque valleys the eye ever beheld, abounding in springs of clear water.” Many tended to agree, and Bozeman quickly garnered the nickname of "The Egypt" of Montana. After incorporation, the first issue of the weekly ''Avant Courier'' newspaper, the precursor of today's ''

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'', was published in Bozeman on September 13, 1871. BozemanMainStreet1875

Bozeman's main cemetery, Sunset Hills Cemetery, was given to the city in 1872 when the English lawyer and philanthropist

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purchased the land after his wife Mary Blackmore died of pneumonia in Bozeman in July 1872. The first library in Bozeman was formed by the Young Men's Library Association in a room above a drugstore in 1872. It later moved to the mayor's office and was taken over by the city in 1890. The first

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meeting in Montana Territory was held in Bozeman in 1873. The

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reached Bozeman from the east in 1883. By 1900, Bozeman's population had reached 3,500. In 1892, the

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established a fish hatchery on Bridger Creek at the entrance to Bridger Canyon. The fourth oldest fish hatchery in the United States, the facility ceased to be primarily a hatchery in 1966 and became the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Bozeman National Fish Hatchery, later a fish technology and fish health center. The Center receives approximately 5,000 visitors a year observing biologists working on diet testing, feed manufacturing technology, fish diseases, brood stock development and improvement of water quality. Bozeman was home to early minor league baseball. In 1892, Bozeman fielded a team in the Class B level

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. In 1909, the

Bozeman Irrigators The Bozeman Irrigators were a minor league baseball team based in Bozeman, Montana. In 1909, the Irrigators played a partial season as members of the Class D level Inter-Mountain League. The Irrigators were preceded by an 1892 Bozeman team, which ...

played as members of the Class D level

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. Both leagues disbanded. Montana State University was established in 1893 as the state's land-grant college, then named the Agricultural College of the State of Montana. By the 1920s, the institution was known as Montana State College, and in 1965 it became

Twentieth century

Bozeman's first high school, the Gallatin Valley High School, was built on West Main Street in 1902. Later known as Willson School, named for notable Bozeman architect Fred Fielding Willson, son of

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, the building still stands today and functions as administrative offices for the Bozeman School District. In the early 20th century, over of the Gallatin Valley were planted in edible

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s harvested for both canning and seed. By the 1920s, canneries in the Bozeman area were major producers of canned peas, and at one point Bozeman produced approximately 75% of all seed peas in the United States. The area was once known as the "Sweet Pea capital of the nation" referencing the prolific edible pea crop. To promote the area and celebrate its prosperity, local business owners began a "Sweet Pea Carnival" that included a parade and queen contest. The annual event lasted from 1906 to 1916. Promoters used the inedible but fragrant and colorful

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flower as an emblem of the celebration. In 1977 the "Sweet Pea" concept was revived as an arts festival rather than a harvest celebration, growing into a three-day event that is one of the largest festivals in Montana. The first federal building and Post Office was built in 1915. Many years later, while empty, it was a film location, along with downtown Bozeman, in '' A River Runs Through It'' (1992) by

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, starring

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. It is now used by

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, a community organization. The

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operates as a 501(c)(4) organization by the Bridger Bowl Association, and is located on the northeast face of the Bridger Mountains, utilizing state and federal land. Bridger Bowl was Bozeman's first ski area and opened to the public in 1955. In 1973 news anchorman

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created the

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off Gallatin Canyon south of Bozeman. The resort has grown considerably since 1973 into a residential community and major winter tourist destination. In 1986, the site of the Idaho Pole Co. on Rouse Avenue was designated a

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site and placed on the

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. Idaho Pole treated wood products with creosote and

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on the site between 1945 and 1997. The

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was created in 1957 as the gift from

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physician Caroline McGill and is a part of Montana State University and an affiliate institution of the Smithsonian. It is Montana's premier natural and cultural history museum and houses permanent exhibits on dinosaurs, geology and Montana history, as well as a planetarium and a living history farm.

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was the museum's first curator of paleontology and brought national notice to the museum for his fossil discoveries in the 1980s. Bozeman receives a steady influx of new residents and visitors in part due to its plentiful recreational activities such as

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, and

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. Additionally, Bozeman is a gateway community through which visitors pass on the way to

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and its abundant wildlife and thermal features. The showcasing of spectacular scenery and the western way of life the area received from films set nearby, such as '' A River Runs Through It'' and '' The Horse Whisperer'', have also served to draw people to the area.

Twenty-first century

In the past forty years, Bozeman has grown from the sixth- to the fourth-largest city in Montana. The area attracts new residents due to quality of life, scenery, and nearby recreation. In August 2010, Bozeman was selected by ''

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'' as the best place to live in the west for skiing. Growth in the Gallatin Valley prompted the Gallatin Airport Authority in 2009 to expand the Gallatin Field Airport with two new gates, an expanded passenger screening area, and a third

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. Gallatin Field was subsequently renamed

. Bozeman has been one of Montana's fastest growing cities from 1990 into the new millennium. At the rate of three percent, Bozeman could surpass

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as Montana's third largest city by 2025.

Geography and climate

Bozeman is located at an elevation of . The Bridger Mountains are to the north-northeast, the

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to the west-southwest, the Big Belt Mountains and

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to the northwest, the Hyalite Peaks of the northern Gallatin Range to the south and the Spanish Peaks of the northern Madison Range to the south-southwest. Bozeman is east of the

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, and

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passes through the city. It is east of

, west of

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, and north of

. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Bozeman experiences a

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( Köppen: ''Dfb'') as it is located in a more humid microclimate setting. Bozeman and the surrounding area receives significantly higher rainfall than much of the central and eastern parts of the state, up to of precipitation annually vs. the common throughout much of Montana east of the Continental Divide. Combined with fertile soils, plant growth is relatively lush. This undoubtedly contributed to the early nickname "Valley of the Flowers" and the establishment of MSU as the state's agricultural college. Bozeman has cold, snowy winters and relatively warm summers, though due to elevation, temperature changes from day to night can be significant. The highest temperature ever recorded in Bozeman was on July 31, 1892. The lowest recorded temperature, , occurred on February 8, 1936. Unlike most of the country, Bozeman has actually gotten cooler with the new 1991–2020 normals. Average highs dropped by 1.7°F (0.72°C), especially in spring and summer. It has also gotten wetter and snowier. In 2019, Bozeman experienced unusually warm and dry temperatures during the month of December. Montana State University campus reported a daily average of 0.20 inches of precipitation for the month, some of the lowest numbers seen in over 120 years. Montana State University also recorded just over 3 inches of snowfall during December, the second lowest snowfall ever recorded. Additionally, maximum temperatures were 2 degrees warmer and lowest temperatures were 6 degrees above typical standards in previous Decembers.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 37,280 people, 15,775 households, and 6,900 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 17,464 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.6%

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, 0.5%

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, 1.1% Native American, 1.9%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.7% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.9% of the population. There were 15,775 households, of which 21.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.1% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 56.3% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.80. The median age in the city was 27.2 years. 15.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 28.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.4% were from 25 to 44; 16.7% were from 45 to 64; and 8.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.6% male and 47.4% female.

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,509 people, 10,877 households, and 5,014 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,183.8 people per square mile (843.0/km²). There were 11,577 housing units at an average density of 919.0 per square mile (354.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.73% White, 0.33% African American, 1.24% Native American, 1.62% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.54% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.59% of the population. There were 10,877 households, out of which 22.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.0% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 53.9% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.85. In the city, the population was spread out, with 16.0% under the age of 18, 33.0% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 14.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $32,156, and the median income for a family was $41,723. Males had a median income of $28,794 versus $20,743 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,104. About 9.2% of families and 20.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.8% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Bozeman became an incorporated Montana city in April 1883 and adopted a

form of government. Currently, the City of Bozeman uses a city commission/

form of government which the citizens adopted on January 1, 1922 with an elected Municipal Judge. The City Commission is chaired by an elected Mayor. These three entities form the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government.

Departments

* Finance DepartmentProvides financial administration, treasury and accounting services, grant administration and sustainability management. * Fire DepartmentBozeman is served by the Bozeman Fire Department which is a full-time career fire department. There are currently 47 uniformed firefighters at three stations, four engines (one reserve), a ladder truck, a Battalion Chief's truck, 2 brush trucks, a HazMat unit, and 2 Medic Units. The Bozeman Fire Department responded to approximately 5,000 emergency calls in 2020. * Park, Recreation and Cemetery DepartmentOperates the Sunset Hills Cemetery, maintains public parks throughout the city to include the

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and conducts recreational programs for the citizens of Bozeman. * Public Service DepartmentProvides engineering, forestry, signs and signals, solid waste, street, vehicle maintenance, water reclamation, water and sewer and water treatment services for the citizens of Bozeman.

Education

Public

* The Bozeman Public School District operates two

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and Gallatin High School; two middle schools

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and

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; and eight elementary schoolsEmily Dickinson Elementary School, Hawthorne Elementary School, Hyalite Elementary School, Irving Elementary School, Longfellow Elementary School, Meadowlark Elementary School, Morning Star Elementary School, and Whittier Elementary School. * The district also operates the Bridger Alternative Program as a branch campus of Bozeman High School to serve "at-risk" secondary students. * The former Emerson Elementary School is now a cultural community center. Willson School, originally a high school, then a middle school, then the base for an alternative high school, is still owned by the school district and houses a number of school district offices.

Private

Mount Ellis Academy Mount Ellis Academy is a co-educational private high school (grades 9 through 12) located about east of Bozeman, Montana, United States.("Mount Ellis Academy, an Adventist boarding school outside Bozeman") Founded in 1902, Mt. Ellis Academy inc ...

is a co-educational boarding high school (grades9 through 12) affiliated with the

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, and Headwaters Academy near the campus of Montana State University.

Post-secondary

* Bozeman is home to

, the state's largest university and the flagship campus of the Montana State University System. MSU set a new fall enrollment record in the fall of 2018, at a total of 16,902 students on campus.

Media

;Newspapers and Magazines * ''Bozeman Avant Courier''published 1871–1905 * ''

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''published 1905–1913 * '' The Bozeman Courier''publisher 1919–1954 * '' Bozeman Daily Chronicle'' * ''

Bozeman Magazine Bozeman is a city and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Located in southwest Montana, the 2020 census put Bozeman's population at 53,293, making it the fourth-largest city in Montana. It is the principal city of th ...

'' is a free monthly publication. * '' The BoZone Entertainment and Events Calendar'' has been publishing since 1993, a free biweekly publication owned by

Bozeman Entertainment, LLC Bozeman is a List of municipalities in Montana, city and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Located in southwest Montana, the 2020 United States census, 2020 census put Bozeman's population at ...

. * ''The

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'' is a monthly newspaper of some decades' history, based in nearby

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but serving both areas. ;AM Radio * KBOZ 1090, ( Talk/Personality),

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* KOBB 1230, ( sports talk),

* KPRK AM 1340, (

Classic Hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

Townsquare Media Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York. The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting wi ...

* KMMS 1450, (

News News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the tes ...

Talk Talk may refer to: Communication * Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people * Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people * Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct ...

* KYWL AM 1490, (

Active Rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...

) ;FM Radio *

KGLT KGLT (91.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Bozeman, Montana. The station is owned by Montana State University - Bozeman and licensed to the Board of Regents - Montana University System. It airs a Variety format. The station was assigne ...

91.9, ( Variety), Montana State University * KMMS-FM 94.7, ( Adult Album),

* KISN 96.7, ( Top 40 (CHR)),

KXLB KXLB (100.7 FM, "XL Country 100.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Churchill, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and the broadcast license is held by Townsquare License, LLC. All Townsquare Media Bozeman studios are located ...

100.7, (

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KBMC (FM) KBMC may refer to: * KBMC (FM), a radio station (102.1 FM) licensed to serve Bozeman, Montana, United States * KBMC-LP, a low-power radio station (104.5 FM) licensed to serve Mack's Creek, Missouri, United States * Brigham City Airport (ICAO ...

102.1, ( Variety),

Montana State University-Billings Montana State University Billings (or MSU Billings) is a public university in Billings, Montana. It is the state's third largest university. Its campus is located on 110 acres in downtown Billings. Formerly Eastern Montana Normal School at its ...

* KZMY 103.5, (

Hot Adult Contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

KBZM KBZM (104.7 FM, "Eagle 104.7") is a radio station licensed to Big Sky, Montana and reaches a substantial geographic area largely unserved by other signals. The station is owned by Orion Media LLC. It airs a variety classic rock music format. Stu ...

104.7, (

Classic Rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

), Orion Media LLC *

KKQX KKQX (105.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Manhattan, Montana. The station is owned and operated by Silver Star Communications, Inc. It airs a variety classic rock music format. Studios, along with KBZM and KSCY, are at 8274 Huffine Lane, o ...

105.7, (

), Orion Media LLC *

KSCY KSCY (106.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting in the Bozeman, Montana area. It is licensed to serve Four Corners, Montana. The owner is Silver Star Communications, Inc. The station is more commonly known as K-SKY Country, featuring today's ho ...

106.9, (

), Orion Media LLC ;Defunct *

KOZB KOZB (97.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Livingston, Montana, United States. The station's licensee is held by Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses, LLC. The offices and all the studios were atone time located southw ...

97.5, (

Classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

KBOZ-FM KBOZ-FM (99.9 Hertz, MHz, "99.9 K-Bear") is a radio station licensed to Bozeman, Montana, United States. The station serves the Bozeman area. The station's licensee is held by Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses, LLC. The offices and all the s ...

99.9, (

KOBB-FM KOBB-FM (93.7 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station licensed to serve Bozeman, Montana, United States. The station's licensee is held by Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses, LLC. The offices and all the studios are located southwest of Bozeman at "Rad ...

93.7, (

Oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as we ...

;Television *

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6 NBC,

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KBZK KBZK (channel 7) is a television station in Bozeman, Montana, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, it is part of the Montana Television Network (MTN), a statewide network of CBS-affiliated stat ...

7 CBS,

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KUSM Montana PBS is the PBS member public television network for the U.S. state of Montana. It is a joint venture between Montana State University (MSU) and the University of Montana (UM). The network is headquartered in the Visual Communications B ...

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, Montana State University * KWYB-LD 28-1

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, Cowles Company (LP relay from

) * KWYB-LD 28-2

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In popular culture

The Bozeman area has served as a filming site for a number of films, including ''

The Wildest Dream ''The Wildest Dream'' is a 2010 theatrical-release feature documentary film about the British climber George Mallory who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924 with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine. The film interweaves two stories, one about clim ...

'', '' A River Runs Through It'', '' A Plumm Summer'' and ''

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and Big Timber areas, such as '' The Horse Whisperer'' and '' Rancho Deluxe'' also headquartered out of Bozeman due to its status as the largest community in the local trade area. It was also the setting for ''The Ninth Nugget'', a children's book by

Ron Roy Ron Roy (born April 29, 1940) is an American writer of children's fiction, primarily mysteries for young readers. He is best known for the series '' A to Z Mysteries'' (from 1997), '' Capital Mysteries'' (from 2001), and ''Calendar Mysteries' ...

that is a part of the

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series. In popular music, the members of the

noise rock Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise music, noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. Drawing on movements such as minimal music, minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore, a ...

group

Steel Pole Bath Tub Steel Pole Bath Tub was an American rock band, formed in 1986 in Bozeman, Montana, United States, by Mike Morasky (guitar/vocals) and Dale Flattum (bass/vocals). Band history Morasky and Flattum moved the band to Seattle, Washington, where ...

are originally from Bozeman, and wrote a song titled "Bozeman" on their third album, The Miracle of Sound in Motion. The 1980s

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

band Vixen also featured a former Bozeman resident,

Janet Gardner Janet Patricia Gardner (born March 21, 1962 an American rock singer. She is best known as the former lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the all-female glam metal band Vixen joining in 1983. She was the band's longest serving vocalist having p ...

, as lead singer. Literary references include the Bozeman area and real-life Bozeman artists Bob and Gennie DeWeese as a key setting in Robert Pirsig's novel

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ''Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values'' is a book by Robert M. Pirsig first published in 1974. It is a work of fictionalized autobiography and is the first of Pirsig's texts in which he explores his concept of Qua ...

; the narrator was a professor teaching English composition while developing his philosophical ideas, reflecting the author's own history; Pirsig taught at Montana State.

John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social ...

passed through Bozeman via the former U.S. Route 10 as well as venturing into Yellowstone National Park, and recounted his impressions of Montana in

Travels with Charley ''Travels with Charley: In Search of America'' is a 1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck. It depicts a 1960 road trip around the United States made by Steinbeck, in the company of his standard poodle Charley. Steinbeck wrote ...

. Bozeman has been referenced in the science fiction franchise ''

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'', most likely due to the influence of writer Brannon Braga, a native of Bozeman. Per the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "Desert Crossing", the Bozeman area was the fictional site of Earth's

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with an alien species (the

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) on April 5, 2063, as recounted in the film '' Star Trek: First Contact'', though the movie was not filmed in Montana. A

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named the USS ''Bozeman'' appears in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "

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"; it is mentioned in the episode " All Good Things...", the films '' Star Trek Generations'' and ''Star Trek: First Contact'', and the ''First Contact'' prequel novel ''

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'' by Diane Carey. Bozeman was featured in ''

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'' episode "The Bozeman Reaction", an episode where

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briefly moves to Bozeman. It is also featured and mentioned in some episodes of ''

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'', as the hometown of the character Lindsay Monroe. Bozeman was also featured in the 2017 '' Grey's Anatomy'' episode "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?". Doctors April Kepner and

Jackson Avery Jackson Avery, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a fictional character in the ABC prime time medical drama, ''Grey's Anatomy'', portrayed by actor Jesse Williams. The character was created by series creator and executive producer, Shonda Rhimes. He was introd ...

travel to Bozeman to help a young patient in need of a throat transplant. Jackson opted to travel there instead of transporting the patient to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in

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because his estranged father owned a diner near to the Avery hospital where the girl was being treated. Bozeman also featured in the 2007 film '' Shooter'', where

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Force Recon

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Gunnery Sergeant Bob Lee Swagger and inexperienced FBI agent Nick Memphis escape to Bozeman and call retired U.S. Army Colonel Isaac Johnson to arrange a meeting to exchange Sarah Fenn for the recording of the assassin's confession.

National media coverage

On March 5, 2009, the city of Bozeman made national news when an early morning explosion destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown area. Several other buildings were damaged and one person was killed. The blast occurred about 8:15a.m. and prompted the evacuation of a two-block area. Investigators found the cause of the explosion to be a leak in a gas line that led to a business that was destroyed in the blast. The gas line was more than 70 years old. Business owners and local residents later filed major lawsuits against Northwestern Energy, the company in charge of the gas line. The suits claimed negligence for the gas leak that led to the blast. As of December 2010, most of the lawsuits against the energy company were settled. In June of the same year, Bozeman was once again in the national news when it was reported that the city government was requesting job applicants provide their user names and passwords to social networking sites. A passage from the city's application form said, "Please list any and all current personal or business Web sites, web pages or memberships on any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or forums, to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, YouTube.com, MySpace, etc." After the initial news story aired, the Bozeman City Commissioner received e-mails and phone calls expressing indignation about the practice from across the nation. Bozeman residents were astonished and alarmed by the request. The local government believed the practice had been going on as part of a background search for about three years. In response to the negative backlash from the news media and local citizens, the city rescinded the policy on June 20, 2009, just two days after the news broke. In March 2021 an episode of ''The Indicator'', a spin-off podcast from NPR's ''

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'', covered a property boom in Bozeman due to remote working. The show states that the median home price in Bozeman is about 75% above the national median, while the median household income of about $50,000 is 25% below the national median. It concludes, "Bottom line, if you are a Bozeman local working a job in Bozeman, buying a house is becoming financially out of reach. The math doesn't work."

Transportation

Bozeman straddles east-west

and is approximately east of north–south Interstate 15 in

, Montana. U.S. Highway 191 runs south from Bozeman to Big Sky and

West Yellowstone West Yellowstone is a town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States, adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. The population was 1,272 at the 2020 census. West Yellowstone is served by Yellowstone Airport. It is part of the Bozeman, MT Micropoli ...

Montana Highway 86 Highway 86 (MT 86) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. State of Montana. MT 86's southern terminus is at I-90 Bus. and U.S. Route 191 (US 191) in the city of Bozeman and the northern terminus is at an intersection with US 89 north ...

runs north alongside the

Bridger Range The Bridger Range, also known as the Bridger Mountains, is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Montana in the United States. The range runs mostly in a north–south direction between Bozeman and Maudlow. It is separated from the ...

to U.S. 89.

Montana Highway 84 Highway 84 (MT 84) is a east–west state highway in the U.S. State of Montana. MT 84's western terminus is at U.S. Route 287 (US 287) in the small community of Norris and the eastern terminus is at US 191 and MT 85 at Four Corners. The ...

runs west to U.S. 287 in Norris. Freight rail service is provided by

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, a privately held

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that connects Spokane, Washington, with Huntley, Montana. The city was last served by

passenger rail Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

in 1979 by the '' North Coast Hiawatha'' at

Bozeman Depot Bozeman Depot is a former train station in Bozeman, Montana, opened in 1883 by the Northern Pacific Railway. The current brick station building, station house was built in 1892 and expanded in 1924. Passenger rail service to Bozeman ended in 1979 ...

. Bozeman has operated a free public bus system called Streamline since 2006. Streamline operates four routes covering the University, Bozeman-Deaconess Hospital, Gallatin Valley Mall, 7th Avenue and 19th Avenue shopping areas, and downtown. The system is funded by a variety of Federal, State, and local sources. The Gallatin Big Sky Transportation District has operated the ''Skyline'' bus service between Bozeman and Big Sky since December 2006. One of the three major regional airports serving southwest Montana is

west of Bozeman on the outskirts of

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, Montana. It primarily serves travelers to Bozeman, Big Sky, West Yellowstone and

. A smaller commercial airport is located in West Yellowstone, south of Bozeman.

Notable people

The following individuals are either notable current or former residents of Bozeman (R), were born or raised in Bozeman in their early years (B), or otherwise have a significant connection to the history of the Bozeman area (C). ;Sports personalities * Conrad Anker, mountaineer C *

Brock Coyle Brock Coyle (born October 12, 1990) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Montana and signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2014. College career Coyle played college football at the ...

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for

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B * Jeff Fisher, Head Coach for Tennessee Titans and

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R *

Nikki Kimball Nikki Kimball (born May 23, 1971) is an American distance runner specializing in the Ultramarathon. She ran her first 100-mile race at the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run in 2004, and was the female winner. She was the winning female at Weste ...

, distance runner R *

Dane Fletcher Dane Fletcher (born September 14, 1986) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Montana State, and was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2010. Fletcher also played for the Tampa Bay Bu ...

for

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B * Alex Lowe, ice-climber and alpinist R *

Darren Main Darren Main (born January 20, 1971) is a yoga teacher and author currently living in San Francisco. He has written largely about Eastern spirituality for a more modern and Western audience. Main is best known for his second book, ''Yoga and the P ...

, yoga instructor R * Mike McLeod, former

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B *

Heather McPhie Heather McPhie (born May 28, 1984) is an American freestyle moguls skier. She competed for the US Olympic Team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. McPhie earned the Olympic team spot with a 2nd-place finish at the FIS World Cup event at ...

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, member of 2010 US Olympic team B * Phil Olsen, former

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lineman R * Willie Saunders, Bozeman-born

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jockey, won U.S. Triple Crown B *

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, professional cyclist R * Jan Stenerud, member of

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and

placekicker for

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and

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; winner of

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R * Kevin Sweeney, former

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for

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Will Dissly Will Dissly (born July 8, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington. Dissly was Montana's Gatorade High School Player of the Year in 2013. Hig ...

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Gustavus Cheyney Doane Gustavus Cheyney Doane (May 29, 1840 – May 5, 1892) was a U.S. Army Cavalry Captain, explorer, inventor and Civil War soldier who played a prominent role in the exploration of Yellowstone as a member of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expeditio ...

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Kris Atteberry Kris Atteberry is an American baseball broadcaster. He joined John Gordon and Dan Gladden as the pre- and post-game host and backup play-by-play broadcaster for the Minnesota Twins Radio Network in 2007. Prior to joining the Minnesota Twins, Atteb ...

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Deborah Butterfield Deborah Kay Butterfield (born May 7, 1949) is an American sculptor. Along with her artist-husband John Buck, she divides her time between a farm in Bozeman, Montana, and studio space in Hawaii. She is known for her sculptures of horses made fr ...

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Gary Cooper Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, a ...

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Daniella Deutscher Daniella Maria Deutscher (born October 4, 1975), also sometimes credited as Daniella Wolters, is an American actress, best known for playing the role of Julie Connor on the American Saturday morning television series ''Hang Time (TV series), H ...

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Pablo Elvira Pablo Elvira (September 24, 1937 – February 5, 2000) was a Puerto Rican baritone. He performed with the New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, and he was a strong supporter of opera in the state of Montana, where he co-founded the ...

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Donna Kelley Donna J. Kelley (born 1956) is executive producer and evening news anchor for KBZK-TV in Bozeman, Montana, which she joined in 2007 after a six-year retirement from the broadcast news industry. Prior to returning to the broadcasting field, Kell ...

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Jane Lawrence Jane Lawrence Smith (February 3, 1915 – August 5, 2005), born Jane Brotherton, was an American actress and opera singer who was part of the New York art scene beginning in the 1950s. Life and work Jane Brotherton was born in Bozeman, Mon ...

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Jason Lytle Jason Lytle ( ; born March 26, 1969) is an American musician best known for his work in the indie rock group Grandaddy. The group split in 2005, and Lytle continued to release music as a solo artist and in collaboration with other musicians. Gra ...

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Julian MacKay Julian MacKay (born 28 October 1997) is an American ballet dancer. He is the first American to have completed both the lower and upper schools at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. In 2016, he joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet as a second solo ...

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John Mayer John Clayton Mayer ( ; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with ...

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Ben Mikaelsen Ben Mikaelsen (born November 24, 1952) is a Bolivian American writer of children's literature. Early life and education Ben Mikaelsen was born on November 24, 1952, in La Paz, Bolivia, the son of missionary parents of Danish descent. He wasn' ...

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Christopher Parkening Christopher William Parkening (born December 14, 1947) is an American classical guitarist. He holds the Chair of Classical Guitar at Pepperdine University under the title Distinguished Professor of Music. Biography Parkening was born in Los Angel ...

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David Quammen David Quammen (born February 24, 1948) is an American science, nature, and travel writer and the author of fifteen books. His articles have appeared in ''Outside Magazine'', ''National Geographic'', '' Harper's'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''The New York ...

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James Willard Schultz James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (August 26, 1859 – June 11, 1947) was an American author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfeet Indians. He operated a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and li ...

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Michael Spears Michael Spears (born December 28, 1977) is an American actor. He is a member of the Kul Wicasa Oyate Lakota people, Lakota (often called "Sioux") Lower Brulé Tribe of South Dakota. Early life Michael Spears was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota ...

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Julia Thorne Julia Stimson Thorne (September 16, 1944 – April 27, 2006) was an American writer. She was the first wife of John Kerry, who was U.S. Senator during their marriage. Biography Thorne was born in New York City on September 16, 1944, the daughte ...

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Kathy Tyers Kathy Tyers is an American science fiction author. Biography Kathy Tyers Gillin (née Moore) was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She obtained a degree in microbiology from Montana State University, where she met her first husband, Mar ...

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Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

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Peter Voulkos Peter Voulkos (born Panagiotis Harry Voulkos; 29 January 1924 – 16 February 2002) was an American artist of Greek descent. He is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures, which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic cr ...

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Dave Walker David Walker (born 25 January 1945) is a British singer and guitarist who has been front-man for a number of bands; most notably The Idle Race, Savoy Brown and Humble Pie, he also served briefly with Fleetwood Mac and Black Sabbath. History ...

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Steven Rinella Steven Rinella (born February 13, 1974) is an American outdoorsman, conservationist, writer, and television personality known for translating the hunting and fishing lifestyle to a wide variety of audiences. Early life Steven Rinella was born ...

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Don G. Despain Don Gardner Despain (December 21, 1940 – May 23, 2022) was an American botanist, plant ecologist and fire behavior specialist, who specialized in the flora of Yellowstone National Park, and how wildfires affected natural ecology. He spent o ...

, botanist, ecologist, and fire behavior specialist R * Zefram Cochrane, (fictional) creator of the warp drive C *

Christopher Langan Christopher Michael Langan (born March 25, 1952) is an American horse rancher and autodidact who has been reported to score very highly on IQ tests. Langan's IQ was estimated on ABC's ''20/20'' to be between 195 and 210, and in 1999 he was ...

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Diana L. Eck Diana L. Eck (born 1945 in Bozeman, Montana) is a scholar of religious studies who is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, as well as a former faculty dean of Lowell House and the Director of The Pluralism ...

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paleontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

upon whom main character, Dr. Alan Grant, in book and film ''

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Dale W. Jorgenson Dale Weldeau Jorgenson (May 7, 1933 – June 8, 2022) was the Samuel W. Morris University Professor at Harvard University, teaching in the department of economics and John F. Kennedy School of Government. He served as chairman of the department ...

, Harvard University professor and economist B * Robert M. Pirsig, author and past instructor of English and rhetoric at Montana State University R * Ann Linnea Sandberg, immunologist R * Gary Allan Strobel, Emeritus Professor, Montana State University, global contributions in agriculture and medicine * Paul Andersen, educational consultant and YouTube creator, was the 2011 Montana Teacher of the Year and was also one of four finalists for the 2011 National Teacher of the Year. In addition to teaching, Paul has created hundreds of YouTube science tutorials that have been viewed millions of times by students around the world. In 2012 Paul was selected by YouTube as one of ten YouTube Edu Gurus. R ;Politics, government and business * Brooke D. Anderson, former Ambassador to the United Nations * Les AuCoin, former U.S. congressman from

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Dorothy Bradley Dorothy Maynard Bradley (born February 24, 1947) is an American former politician from Montana. She was elected to eight terms in the Montana House of Representatives, serving from 1971 to 1978 and 1985 to 1992. Bradley now lives in Clyde Park, M ...

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Conrad Burns Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senate ...

R * Steve Daines, entrepreneur, business leader and Montana's current junior Senator B * Zales Ecton, Republican politician in the 1930s B *

Greg Gianforte Gregory Richard Gianforte (born April 17, 1961) is an American businessman, politician, software engineer, and writer serving as the 25th governor of Montana since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Gianforte served as the U.S. representa ...

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Vanessa Kerry Vanessa Bradford Kerry (born December 31, 1976) is an American physician, health care administrator, and doctor. She is a founder of the non-profit Seed Global Health. Her father is John Kerry, who served as the 68th United States Secretary of ...

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R * Michael McFaul, former United States Ambassador to Russia R * Scott Sales, former Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives R * Raymond Strother, Democratic political consultant R *

Sidney Runyan Thomas Sidney Runyan Thomas (born August 14, 1953) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1996. He served as the Ninth Circuit's chief judge from 2014 to 2021. H ...

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Ted Turner Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour United States cable news, cable news ch ...

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Ted's Montana Grill Ted's Montana Grill is an American restaurant chain. The company was founded by media mogul and bison rancher Ted Turner along with restaurateur George McKerrow Jr. with the help of corporate chef Chris Raucci as a for-profit effort to stop the ex ...

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Greg Mortenson Greg Mortenson is an American professional speaker, writer, veteran, and former mountaineer. He is a co-founder and former executive director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute and the founder of the educational charity Pennies for Peace. ...

, humanitarian and founder of the

Central Asia Institute Central Asia Institute (CAI) is an international non-profit organization, co-founded by Greg Mortenson and Jean Hoerni in 1996. The organization is based in Bozeman, Montana and works to promote and support community-based education throughout Cen ...

R ;Religion * Elizabeth Clare Prophet, co-founder of

Church Universal and Triumphant The Church Universal and Triumphant (CUT) is an international New Age religious organization founded in 1975 by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. It is an outgrowth (and is now the corporate parent) of The Summit Lighthouse, founded in 1958 by Prophet's ...

R ;Architecture * Fred F. Willson, designed many notable buildings in Bozeman between 1902 and 1956. R

Business and industry

Bozeman's top employers include Bozeman Health, Montana State University, Simms Fishing Products and Mystery Ranch as well as at least two dozen high-tech companies engaged in research or production of lasers and other optical equipment, over a dozen bio-tech companies, and several large software companies. Nationally known companies based in Bozeman include ILX Lightwave (an MKS/Newport company), Quantel USA, RightNow Technologies,

Snowflake Inc. Snowflake Inc. is a cloud computing–based data cloud company based in Bozeman, Montana. It was founded in July 2012 and was publicly launched in October 2014 after two years in stealth mode. The firm offers a cloud-based data storage and ana ...

, Schedulicity, Workvia, onX and

Simms Fishing Products Simms Fishing Products is a fishing equipment, accessories and apparel manufacturer in Bozeman, Montana. History Simms was founded in 1980 by John Simms, a Jackson, Wyoming fishing guide and outfitter. John Simms established the company to manuf ...

. Notable non-profit organizations based in Bozeman include the

Greater Yellowstone Coalition The Greater Yellowstone Coalition is a conservation organization protecting the lands, waters and wildlife of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Founding The Greater Yellowstone Coalition was founded in 1983. Its cor ...

Human Resource Development Council The Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) is a not-for-profit corporation based in Bozeman, Montana in the United States, providing volunteer and community development organization in three counties - Gallatin, Park A park is an area ...

(HRDC) and

Eagle Mount Eagle Mount is a 501(c) organization, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that facilitates and implements therapeutic recreational programs and opportunities for people with disabilities, children with cancer, and provides support for their familie ...

Points of interest

* Museums and gardens **

Montana Arboretum and Gardens The Montana Arboretum and Gardens are located on the Montana State University - Bozeman, Montana State University campus in Bozeman, Montana. The Arboretum proper is located at the northwestern corner of campus by the intersection of West Colleg ...

** American Computer Museum ** Gallatin Historical Society-The Pioneer Museum ** Story Mansion * Libraries ** Bozeman Public Library ** Renne Library, Montana State University * Ski areas **

* Universities and colleges ** Montana State University * Other **

Gibson Guitar Factory Gibson may refer to: People * Gibson (surname) Businesses * Gibson Brands, Inc., an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and audio equipment * Gibson Technology, and English automotive and motorsport company based * Gibso ...

** U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Technology Center, established 1892, ** Sweet Pea-A Festival of the ArtsAnnual festival held in Bozeman annually since 1977. The Sweet Pea Carnival was first established in 1906. ** Hyalite Canyon and Reservoir **

References

External links

Official website

Chamber of Commerceaccount of 1873 lynching Bozeman Montana True West Magazine November 2015 pp.26-29
{{Authority control Cities in Montana Cities in Gallatin County, Montana County seats in Montana Populated places established in 1864 1864 establishments in Montana Territory