Bozeman is a

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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 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, who established the Bozeman Trail and was a founder of the town in August 1864. The town became incorporated in April 1883 with a city council 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 National Civic League. Bozeman is home to

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

History

Early history

For many years,

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, including the

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, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Flathead, Crow Nation and

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traveled through the area, called the "Valley of the Flowers". The Gallatin Valley 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, along with a partner named John Jacob, opened the Bozeman Trail, a new northern trail off the Oregon Trail 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, platted 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." Red Cloud's War closed the Bozeman Trail in 1868, but the town's fertile land still attracted permanent settlers.

Nelson Story

In 1866, Nelson Story, a successful Virginia City, Montana, gold miner originally from Ohio, 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 Fort Elizabeth Meagher, named for the wife of Thomas F. Meagher, secretary and former acting governor of the Montana Territory, was established in May, 1867 eight miles east of the town of Bozeman, Montana at the mouth of Rocky Creek by Brigadier ...

(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 William Henry Blackmore 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 Grange 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 The Bozeman National Fish Hatchery, now known as Bozeman Fish Technology Center, is located about northeast of Bozeman, Montana, at the entrance to Bridger Canyon. There is also a National Fish Health Center on the southwest side of Bozeman, near ...

, 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

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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 peas 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 sweet pea 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 Chet Huntley 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 Butte 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. Paleontologist

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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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, hiking, whitewater kayaking, and

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. Additionally, Bozeman is a gateway community through which visitors pass on the way to Yellowstone National Park 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 baggage carousel. Gallatin Field was subsequently renamed Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport. 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 Great Falls 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 Tobacco Root Mountains to the west-southwest, the Big Belt Mountains and Horseshoe Hills 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 Butte, west of Billings, and north of Yellowstone National Park. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Bozeman experiences a Humid continental climate ( 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% White, 0.5% African American, 1.1% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino 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 city council 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 East Gallatin Recreation Area 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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Bozeman High School and Gallatin High School; two middle schools Chief Joseph Middle School 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 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'' is a free monthly publication. * ''

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'' is a monthly newspaper of some decades' history, based in nearby Livingston but serving both areas. ;AM Radio * KBOZ 1090, ( Talk/Personality),

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* KOBB 1230, ( sports talk),

* KPRK AM 1340, ( Classic Hits), Townsquare Media * KMMS 1450, (

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91.9, ( Variety), Montana State University * KMMS-FM 94.7, ( Adult Album), Townsquare Media * KISN 96.7, ( Top 40 (CHR)), Townsquare Media * KXLB 100.7, ( Country music), Townsquare Media * KBMC (FM) 102.1, ( Variety),

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* KZMY 103.5, ( Hot Adult Contemporary), Townsquare Media * KBZM 104.7, ( Classic Rock), Orion Media LLC * KKQX 105.7, ( Classic Rock), Orion Media LLC * KSCY 106.9, ( Country music), Orion Media LLC ;Defunct *

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97.5, ( Classic rock),

* KBOZ-FM 99.9, ( Country music),

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;Television * KDBZ-CD 6 NBC, Sinclair Broadcast Group *

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

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that is a part of the A-Z Mysteries series. In popular music, the members of the noise rock group

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

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band Vixen also featured a former Bozeman resident, Janet Gardner, 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; the narrator was a professor teaching English composition while developing his philosophical ideas, reflecting the author's own history; Pirsig taught at Montana State.

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passed through Bozeman via the former

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as well as venturing into Yellowstone National Park, and recounted his impressions of Montana in Travels with Charley. 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 Vulcans) on April 5, 2063, as recounted in the film '' Star Trek: First Contact'', though the movie was not filmed in Montana. A

starship A starship, starcraft, or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for interstellar travel, traveling between planetary systems. The term is mostly found in science fiction. Reference to a "star-ship" appears as early as 188 ...

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 '' The Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Bozeman Reaction", an episode where Sheldon Cooper briefly moves to Bozeman. It is also featured and mentioned in some episodes of '' CSI: NY'', as the hometown of the character

Lindsay Monroe Lindsay Messer (née Monroe) is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama ''CSI: NY'', portrayed by actress Anna Belknap. Background Lindsay is a native of Bozeman, Montana. Her western manners, such as removing her shoes before entering a s ...

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

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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 Seattle 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 U.S. Marine 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 '' Planet Money'', 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 Butte, Montana.

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runs south from Bozeman to Big Sky and West Yellowstone. Montana Highway 86 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 ...

U.S. 89 U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern sectio ...

. Montana Highway 84 runs west to

U.S. 287 U.S. Route 287 (US 287) is a north–south (physically northwest–southeast) United States highway. At long, it is the second longest three-digit U.S. Route, behind U.S. Route 281, US 281. It serves as the major truck route between For ...

in Norris. Freight rail service is provided by

Montana Rail Link Montana Rail Link is a privately held Class II railroad in the United States. It operates on trackage originally built by the Northern Pacific Railway and leased from its successor BNSF. MRL is a unit of The Washington Companies and is he ...

, 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 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 Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport west of Bozeman on the outskirts of

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

, linebacker for San Francisco 49ers,

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B * Jeff Fisher, Head Coach for Tennessee Titans and

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R * Nikki Kimball, 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 ...

, linebacker for

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, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 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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safety 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 ...

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails ...

, member of 2010 US Olympic team B * Phil Olsen, former National Football League lineman R * Willie Saunders, Bozeman-born Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey, won U.S. Triple Crown B * Tejay van Garderen, professional cyclist R * Jan Stenerud, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame, AFL and

placekicker for Kansas City Chiefs,

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and Minnesota Vikings; winner of

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R * Kevin Sweeney, former quarterback for Dallas Cowboys B * Will Dissly, Tight End for

B ;Military and pioneers * Travis Atkins, Medal of Honor recipient R * John Bozeman, pioneer and founder of the Bozeman Trail C * Henry Comstock, a discoverer of Comstock Lode died (suicide) in Bozeman on September 29, 1870 C * Gustavus Cheyney Doane, member of Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition 1870 and buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman * Nelson Story, prominent cattleman and merchant in Bozeman's early years R *

, prominent merchant in Bozeman's early years R ;Arts, culture and entertainment *

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 ...

, MLB broadcaster, one of only two Montanans to call an MLB game B * Brannon Braga, writer and producer of ''

'' television shows and films B * Deborah Butterfield, sculptor known for use of horses in artwork R * Gary Cooper, film actor, attended Gallatin Valley High School in Bozeman R * Daniella Deutscher, actress B *

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 ...

, opera singer R * Landon Jones, journalist and author R * Donna Kelley, former CNN anchor and current KBZK anchor. R * Jane Lawrence, actress and opera singer B *

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 ...

, lead singer of Modesto band, Grandaddy; solo artist R *

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 ...

, ballet dancer B *

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 ...

, musical artist and songwriter R * Ben Mikaelsen, author R *

Albert, Alfred and Chris Schlechten Albert (1876 – 1961), Alfred (May 24, 1877 – November 1970), and Alfred "Chris" Schlechten (May 9, 1911 – November 1979) were members of a family noted for their photography of Montana, especially their images of Gallatin County, Montana, a ...

multi-generation family of photographers noted for portraiture and images of Yellowstone National Park and the Gallatin Valley. R, R, B * Christopher Parkening, guitarist, fly casting champion R * David Quammen, long-time columnist for ''

'' magazine, and author R * James Willard Schultz, author and Glacier National Park explorer, lived in Bozeman 1928–1929 with partner Jessica McDonald, professor at Montana State; R Schultz's papers are archived at Montana State Burlingame Special Collections Library. *

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 ...

, actor"Native Stars: The Spears BrothersRising Stars Call Bozeman Home" The Montana Pioneer, February 2014. R * Eddie Spears, actor R * Julia Thorne, writer and ex-wife of 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry R * Kathy Tyers, writer, particularly known for contribution to ''

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 ...

'' series R * Peter Voulkos, ceramic artist B * Sarah Vowell, author, regular on '' This American Life'', voice actress from '' The Incredibles'', B * Dave Walker, musician R *

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 ...

, American outdoorsman, conservationist, writer, and television personality ;Science and academia * Loren Acton, astronaut and physicist R *

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, scientist was born in San Francisco but grew up mostly in Bozeman * Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard University B * Dr. James A. Henshall, first superintendent of Bozeman Fish Technology Center C * Alice Haskins, government

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

and professor R *

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

Jurassic Park ''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton and centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when ...

'' was patterned R * Dale W. Jorgenson, Harvard University professor and economist B *

Robert M. Pirsig Robert Maynard Pirsig (; September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017) was an American writer and philosopher. He was the author of the philosophical novels ''Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An ...

, 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 Brooke D. Anderson (born 1964) is an American diplomat who served as a U.S. ambassador at the United Nations, as Chief of Staff and Counselor for the White House National Security Council, and as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and the U ...

, former Ambassador to the United Nations * Les AuCoin, former U.S. congressman from Oregon R *

John Bohlinger John Bohlinger, Jr. (born April 21, 1936) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 2005 to 2013. He ran for the office as a Republican on a bipartisan ticket headed by Democratic gu ...

, Lieutenant Governor of Montana B *

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 ...

, former state legislator, congressional and gubernatorial candidate R *

Will Brooke Will Brooke is an American political staffer and a figure in the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal. He worked as chief of staff to U.S. Senator Conrad Burns ( R-Montana) from November 2000 until the end of 2003, when he quit "to resume his B ...

, former chief of staff of Conrad Burns 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 ...

, Governor of Montana, former US Representative in Montana's at-large congressional district R *

Charles S. Hartman Charles Sampson Hartman (March 1, 1861 – August 3, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Montana. Born in Monticello, Indiana, Hartman attended the public schools and Wabash College in Crawfordsville. He moved to Bozeman, Montana, in January ...

, United States Congressman from Montana R *

Christopher Hedrick Christopher "Chris" Hedrick is an entrepreneur and expert in learning, global health, international development, and technology. NextStep Hedrick is CEO of NextStep Interactive, a venture-capital backed company that trains low-wage and unemployed ...

, entrepreneur and international development expert R * Stan Jones, Libertarian Party candidate for Montana governor and United States Senator R * Vanessa Kerry, daughter of politician John Kerry R * Michael McFaul, former United States Ambassador to Russia R * Scott Sales, former Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives R *

Raymond Strother Raymond D. Strother (October 18, 1940 – October 1, 2022) was a nationally known Democratic political consultant, originally from Port Arthur, Texas. Background Reared in a politically active lower-middle-class home, Strother graduated in 195 ...

, Democratic political consultant R * Sidney Runyan Thomas, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit B * Ted Turner, entrepreneur (

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 ...

) and founder of cable television empires including CNN and TBS R * Matt Christiansen, YouTuber, podcaster R ;Philanthropy *

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 R ;Architecture *

Fred F. Willson Fred Fielding Willson (November 11, 1877 – August 13, 1956), most commonly known as Fred F. Willson, was an architect in Bozeman, Montana who designed many buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Early life ...

, 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., Schedulicity, Workvia, onX and Simms Fishing Products. 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 (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 **

** American Computer Museum ** Gallatin Historical Society-The Pioneer Museum ** Story Mansion * Libraries **

Bozeman Public Library The Bozeman Public Library is the public library of Bozeman, Montana. The library provides free resources for residents of Gallatin County, Montana. Description There were several small libraries serving Bozeman beginning with the Young Men's ...

** Renne Library, Montana State University * Ski areas **

* Universities and colleges ** Montana State University * Other ** Gibson Guitar Factory ** 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 ** East Gallatin Recreation Area

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