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Bozeman, Montana

Bozeman (/ˈbzmən/ BOHZ-mən) 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.[8] It is the principal city of the Bozeman, Montana, Micropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of all of Gallatin County with a population of 118,960.[7] It is the largest micropolitan statistical area in Montana, the fastest growing micropolitan statistical area in the United States in 2018, 2019 and 2020,[9] as well as the second-largest of all Montana's statistical areas.[10][11]

Bozeman
Aerial view of Bozeman
Location of Bozeman, Montana
Bozeman
Location in the United States
Bozeman
Bozeman (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°40′40″N 111°2′50″W / 45.67778°N 111.04722°W / 45.67778; -111.04722[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyGallatin
FoundedAugust 9, 1864
Named forJohn Bozeman
Government
 • TypeCity commission/City manager
 • MayorCyndy Andrus[2]
 • City ManagerJeff Mihelich[3]
Area
 • City20.91 sq mi (54.16 km2)
 • Land20.86 sq mi (54.04 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation4,817 ft (1,468 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City53,293
 • Estimate 
(2022)[6]
56,123
 • Density2,554.43/sq mi (986.26/km2)
 • Metro118,960
 • Demonym
Bozemanite
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
59715, 59717-59719, 59771-59772
Area code406
FIPS code30-08950
GNIS feature ID0769173[5]
Websitewww.bozeman.net
[citation needed]

History Edit

Early history Edit

For many years, indigenous people of the United States, including the Shoshone, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Flathead, Crow Nation and Sioux traveled through the area, called the "Valley of the Flowers".[12] The Gallatin Valley in particular, in which Bozeman is located, was primarily within the territory of the Crow people.

19th century Edit

 
John Bozeman

William Clark visited the area in July 1806 as he traveled east from Three Forks along the Gallatin River. The party camped 3 miles (4.8 km) 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.[13]

John Bozeman Edit

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."[14] Red Cloud's War closed the Bozeman Trail in 1868, but the town's fertile land still attracted permanent settlers.

Nelson Story Edit

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.[15] 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.[16]

Fort Ellis Edit

Fort Ellis 45°39′16″N 110°56′35″W / 45.65444°N 110.94306°W / 45.65444; -110.94306 (Fort Ellis), el. 4,987 feet (1,520 m)[17] 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 45°42′52″N 110°23′20″W / 45.71444°N 110.38889°W / 45.71444; -110.38889 (Mission Creek),[18][19] 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.[20] 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 (13 km) east of town on Rocky Creek.45°38′30″N 110°55′05″W / 45.64167°N 110.91806°W / 45.64167; -110.91806 (Fort Elizabeth Meagher), el. 5,249 feet (1,600 m)[21]

Other Edit

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. [22]

After incorporation, the first issue of the weekly Avant Courier newspaper, the precursor of today's Bozeman Chronicle, was published in Bozeman on September 13, 1871.[23]

 
Main Street in Bozeman, 1875[24]

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.[25]

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.[25] The first Grange meeting in Montana Territory was held in Bozeman in 1873.[26] The Northern Pacific Railway reached Bozeman from the east in 1883.[27] By 1900, Bozeman's population had reached 3,500.

In 1892, the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 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.[28][29]

Bozeman was home to early minor league baseball. In 1892, Bozeman fielded a team in the Class B level Montana State League. In 1909, the Bozeman Irrigators played as members of the Class D level Inter-Mountain League. Both leagues disbanded.[30]

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 Montana State University.[31]

20th century Edit

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 Lester S. Willson, the building still stands today and functions as administrative offices for the Bozeman School District.[32]

In the early 20th century, over 17,000 acres (69 km2) of the Gallatin Valley were planted in edible peas harvested for both canning and seed.[33] 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.[34] 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.[33]

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 Robert Redford, starring Brad Pitt. It is now used by HRDC, a community organization.

The Bridger Bowl Ski Area45°49′02″N 110°53′48″W / 45.81722°N 110.89667°W / 45.81722; -110.89667 (Bridger Bowl Ski Area)[35] 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.[36] Bridger Bowl was Bozeman's first ski area and opened to the public in 1955.[37] In 1973 news anchorman Chet Huntley created the Big Sky Ski Resort off Gallatin Canyon 40 miles (64 km) south of Bozeman. The resort has grown considerably since 1973 into a residential community and major winter tourist destination.45°16′51″N 111°24′24″W / 45.28083°N 111.40667°W / 45.28083; -111.40667 (Big Sky Ski Resort)[38]

In 1986, the 60-acre (24 ha) site of the Idaho Pole Co. on Rouse Avenue was designated a Superfund site and placed on the National Priorities List. Idaho Pole treated wood products with creosote and pentachlorophenol on the site between 1945 and 1997.[39]

The Museum of the Rockies 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 Jack Horner was the museum's first curator of paleontology and brought national notice to the museum for his fossil discoveries in the 1980s.[40]

Bozeman receives a steady influx of new residents and visitors in part due to its plentiful recreational activities, such as fly fishing, hiking, whitewater kayaking, and mountain climbing. 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.

21st century Edit

 
Main Street in Bozeman, 2011

In the past [which?] forty years, Bozeman has grown from the sixth- to the fourth-largest city in Montana.[41][42] The area attracts new residents due to quality of life, scenery, and nearby recreation. In August 2010, Bozeman was selected by Outside as the best place to live in the west for skiing.[43]

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.[44] Gallatin Field was subsequently renamed Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.[45] 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 Edit

Bozeman is located at an elevation of 4,820 feet (1,470 m).[46] 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 continental divide, and Interstate 90 passes through the city. It is 84 miles (135 km) east of Butte, 125 miles (201 km) west of Billings, and 93 miles (150 km) north of Yellowstone National Park.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.15 square miles (49.60 km2), of which 19.12 square miles (49.52 km2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water.[47]

Bozeman experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb) as it is located in a more humid microclimate setting. Bozeman and the surrounding area receive significantly higher rainfall than much of the central and eastern parts of the state, up to 24 inches (610 mm) of precipitation annually vs. the 8 to 12 inches (200 to 300 mm) common throughout much of Montana east of the Continental Divide.[48] Combined with fertile soils, plant growth is relatively lush. This undoubtedly contributed to the early nickname "Valley of the Flowers" and the establishment of Montana State University as the state's agricultural college.[49] 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 105 °F (40.6 °C) on July 31, 1892. The lowest recorded temperature, −45 °F (−42.8 °C), occurred on December 22, 2022.[50]

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.[citation needed]

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.[51]

Climate data for Bozeman, Montana (Montana State University), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1892–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 65
(18)
64
(18)
75
(24)
83
(28)
91
(33)
96
(36)
105
(41)
100
(38)
99
(37)
88
(31)
73
(23)
64
(18)
105
(41)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 51.6
(10.9)
54.0
(12.2)
63.7
(17.6)
74.0
(23.3)
79.8
(26.6)
87.8
(31.0)
93.2
(34.0)
92.6
(33.7)
87.7
(30.9)
77.3
(25.2)
62.4
(16.9)
51.8
(11.0)
94.8
(34.9)
Average high °F (°C) 34.2
(1.2)
36.8
(2.7)
46.1
(7.8)
54.5
(12.5)
63.2
(17.3)
71.7
(22.1)
82.1
(27.8)
81.3
(27.4)
71.4
(21.9)
57.3
(14.1)
42.3
(5.7)
33.3
(0.7)
56.2
(13.4)
Daily mean °F (°C) 24.6
(−4.1)
26.7
(−2.9)
35.0
(1.7)
42.5
(5.8)
51.0
(10.6)
58.6
(14.8)
66.9
(19.4)
65.6
(18.7)
56.9
(13.8)
44.9
(7.2)
32.3
(0.2)
23.9
(−4.5)
44.1
(6.7)
Average low °F (°C) 15.1
(−9.4)
16.6
(−8.6)
23.9
(−4.5)
30.5
(−0.8)
38.8
(3.8)
45.6
(7.6)
51.7
(10.9)
50.0
(10.0)
42.4
(5.8)
32.4
(0.2)
22.2
(−5.4)
14.5
(−9.7)
32.0
(0.0)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −10.3
(−23.5)
−5.9
(−21.1)
3.0
(−16.1)
16.1
(−8.8)
26.3
(−3.2)
33.2
(0.7)
41.6
(5.3)
38.9
(3.8)
29.5
(−1.4)
13.9
(−10.1)
−0.4
(−18.0)
−9.0
(−22.8)
−18.7
(−28.2)
Record low °F (°C) −36
(−38)
−43
(−42)
−29
(−34)
−10
(−23)
16
(−9)
26
(−3)
32
(0)
26
(−3)
12
(−11)
−10
(−23)
−26
(−32)
−45
(−43)
−45
(−43)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.86
(22)
0.83
(21)
1.42
(36)
2.51
(64)
2.93
(74)
3.27
(83)
1.33
(34)
1.32
(34)
1.44
(37)
1.84
(47)
1.25
(32)
1.03
(26)
20.03
(510)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 12.7
(32)
13.0
(33)
13.1
(33)
12.9
(33)
3.6
(9.1)
0.8
(2.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.1
(0.25)
0.4
(1.0)
6.0
(15)
12.5
(32)
16.2
(41)
91.3
(231.35)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in.) 10.7 9.5 11.8 13.7 15.4 15.3 10.1 10.1 9.0 11.0 10.2 11.0 137.8
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in.) 9.2 8.4 8.4 6.7 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.0 7.1 9.4 54.1
Source 1: NOAA[52]
Source 2: National Weather Service[50]

Demographics Edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1870168
1880894432.1%
18902,143139.7%
19003,41959.5%
19105,18751.7%
19206,18319.2%
19306,85510.9%
19408,66526.4%
195011,32530.7%
196013,36118.0%
197018,67039.7%
198021,64515.9%
199022,6604.7%
200027,50921.4%
201037,28035.5%
202053,29343.0%
2022 (est.)56,123[6]5.3%
source:[42][53]
U.S. Decennial Census[54]

2010 census Edit

As of the census of 2010,[55] there were 37,280 people, 15,775 households, and 6,900 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,949.8 inhabitants per square mile (752.8/km2). There were 17,464 housing units at an average density of 913.4 per square mile (352.7/km2). 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 Edit

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 inhabitants per square mile (843.2/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 Edit

 
First City Hall (1965)

Bozeman became an incorporated Montana city in April 1883 and adopted a city council form of government.[56] Currently, the City of Bozeman uses a city commission/city manager form of government which the citizens adopted on January 1, 1922[57] 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.[58]

Departments Edit

  • Finance Department – Provides financial administration, treasury and accounting services, grant administration and sustainability management.[59]
  • Fire Department – Bozeman 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.[60]
  • Park, Recreation and Cemetery Department – Operates 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.[61]
  • Public Service Department – Provides engineering, forestry, signs and signals, solid waste, street, vehicle maintenance, water reclamation, water and sewer and water treatment services for the citizens of Bozeman.[62]

Education Edit

Public Edit

  • The Bozeman Public School District operates two high schools – Bozeman High School and Gallatin High School; two middle schools – Chief Joseph Middle School and Sacajawea Middle School; and eight elementary schools – Emily 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.[63]
  • The district also operates the Bridger Alternative Program as a branch campus of Bozeman High School to serve "at-risk" secondary students.[64]
  • 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 Edit

Post-secondary Edit

  • Bozeman is home to Montana State University, 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 Edit

Newspapers and Magazines
  • Bozeman Avant Courier – published 1871–1905[65]
  • The Republican-courier – published 1905–1913[66]
  • The Bozeman Courier – publisher 1919–1954[67]
  • Bozeman Daily Chronicle
  • Bozeman Magazine 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.
  • The Montana Pioneer is a monthly newspaper of some decades' history, based in nearby Livingston but serving both areas.
AM Radio

[68]

FM Radio

[68]

Defunct
Television

[69]

In popular culture Edit

The Bozeman area has served as a filming site for a number of films, including The Wildest Dream,[70] A River Runs Through It, A Plumm Summer and Amazing Grace and Chuck.[71] Aside from being shot in Bozeman, A Plumm Summer featured two local actors, Ben Trotter and John Hosking, as well as many local extras. Films shot in the nearby Paradise Valley south of Livingston 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.[72] It was also the setting for The Ninth Nugget, a children's book by Ron Roy that is a part of the A-Z Mysteries series. The 2022 Paramount+ Western drama television series 1923 features scenes of early 1920's Bozeman (filmed in Uptown Butte).[73][74]

Bozeman also features in the film Star Trek: First Contact as the launch site of the first warp ship and location of first contact.

In popular music, the members of the noise rock group Steel Pole Bath Tub are originally from Bozeman, and wrote a song titled "Bozeman" on their third album, The Miracle of Sound in Motion. The 1980s hard rock band Vixen also featured a former Bozeman resident, Janet Gardner, as lead singer.[75]

Literary references include the Bozeman area and real-life Bozeman artists Bob and Gennie DeWeese[76] 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.[77] John Steinbeck 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.[78]

National media coverage Edit

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 8:15 a.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.[79] 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.[80]

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."[81]

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.[82] 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.[83]

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."[84]

Transportation Edit

Bozeman straddles east-west Interstate 90 and is approximately 85 miles (137 km) east of north–south Interstate 15 in Butte, Montana. U.S. Highway 191 runs south from Bozeman to Big Sky and West Yellowstone. Montana Highway 86 runs north alongside the Bridger Range to U.S. 89. Montana Highway 84 runs west to U.S. 287 in Norris.

Freight rail service is provided by Montana Rail Link, a privately held Class II railroad that connects Spokane, Washington, with Huntley, Montana. The city was last served by passenger rail in 1979 by the North Coast Hiawatha at Bozeman Depot.

Bozeman has operated a free public bus system called Streamline since 2006.[85] 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.[86]

Intercity bus service to the city is provided by Jefferson Lines.[87]

One of the three major regional airports serving southwest Montana is Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport west of Bozeman on the outskirts of Belgrade, Montana. It primarily serves travelers to Bozeman, Big Sky, West Yellowstone and Yellowstone National Park. A smaller commercial airport is located in West Yellowstone, 90 mi (140 km) south of Bozeman.

Notable people Edit

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
Military and pioneers
Arts, culture and entertainment
Science and academia
Politics, government and business
Philanthropy
Religion
Architecture
  • Fred F. Willson, designed many notable buildings in Bozeman between 1902 and 1956. R

Business and industry Edit

Bozeman's top employers include Bozeman Health, Montana State University, Simms Fishing Products and Mystery Ranch[105] as well as at least two dozen high-tech companies engaged in research or production of lasers and other optical equipment,[106] over a dozen bio-tech companies, and several large software companies.[107] Nationally known companies based in Bozeman include ILX Lightwave (an MKS/Newport company), Quantel USA, RightNow Technologies, Snowflake Inc., Schedulicity, Workiva, onX[108] and Simms Fishing Products. Notable non-profit organizations based in Bozeman include the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) and Eagle Mount.

Points of interest Edit

 
Museum of the Rockies
 
The Rialto

See also Edit

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Further reading Edit

  • Burlingame, Merrill G. (1976). Gallatin County Heritage-A Report of Progress 1805–1976. Gallatin County Bicentennial Committee.
  • Putnam, James Bruce (1988). The Evolution of a Frontier Town: Bozeman, Montana and Its Search For Economic Stability 1864–1887. Bozeman, MT: Montana Centennial Commission Gallatin County Historical Society.
  • Freeman, Cortlandt L. (1988). The Growing Up Years The First 100 Years of Bozeman as an Incorporated City from 1883 to 1983. Bozeman, MT: Montana Centennial Commission Gallatin County Historical Society.
  • Bates, Grace (1994). Gallatin County-Places and Things Present and Past. Gallatin County Historical Society. ISBN 0-930401-78-6.
  • Smith, Phyllis (1996). Bozeman Names Have A History. Bozeman, MT: Gallatin County Historical Society.
  • Smith, Phyllis (1996). Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley. A History. Helena, MT: Falcon Press Publishers. ISBN 1-56044-540-8.
  • Smith, Phyllis (1997). Sweet Pea Days: A History. Bozeman, MT: Gallatin County Historical Society.
  • Jenks, Jim (2007). A Guide to Historic Bozeman. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-9721522-3-5.
  • Malloy, Denise Glaser (2008). Images of America-Bozeman. Chicago, IL: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4844-9.
  • Mulvaney, Tom (2009). Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley. Chicago, IL: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-7084-6.

External links Edit

  • Official website
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • account of 1873 lynching Bozeman Montana True West Magazine November 2015 pp.26-29

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coverage 8 Transportation 9 Notable people 10 Business and industry 11 Points of interest 12 See also 13 References 14 Further reading 15 External linksHistory EditEarly history Edit For many years indigenous people of the United States including the Shoshone Nez Perce Blackfeet Flathead Crow Nation and Sioux traveled through the area called the Valley of the Flowers 12 The Gallatin Valley in particular in which Bozeman is located was primarily within the territory of the Crow people 19th century Edit nbsp John BozemanWilliam Clark visited the area in July 1806 as he traveled east from Three Forks along the Gallatin River The party camped 3 miles 4 8 km 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 13 John Bozeman Edit 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 14 Red Cloud s War closed the Bozeman Trail in 1868 but the town s fertile land still attracted permanent settlers Nelson Story Edit 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 15 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 16 Fort Ellis Edit Fort Ellis 45 39 16 N 110 56 35 W 45 65444 N 110 94306 W 45 65444 110 94306 Fort Ellis el 4 987 feet 1 520 m 17 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 45 42 52 N 110 23 20 W 45 71444 N 110 38889 W 45 71444 110 38889 Mission Creek 18 19 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 20 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 13 km east of town on Rocky Creek 45 38 30 N 110 55 05 W 45 64167 N 110 91806 W 45 64167 110 91806 Fort Elizabeth Meagher el 5 249 feet 1 600 m 21 Other Edit 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 22 After incorporation the first issue of the weekly Avant Courier newspaper the precursor of today s Bozeman Chronicle was published in Bozeman on September 13 1871 23 nbsp Main Street in Bozeman 1875 24 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 25 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 25 The first Grange meeting in Montana Territory was held in Bozeman in 1873 26 The Northern Pacific Railway reached Bozeman from the east in 1883 27 By 1900 Bozeman s population had reached 3 500 In 1892 the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 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 28 29 Bozeman was home to early minor league baseball In 1892 Bozeman fielded a team in the Class B level Montana State League In 1909 the Bozeman Irrigators played as members of the Class D level Inter Mountain League Both leagues disbanded 30 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 Montana State University 31 20th century Edit 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 Lester S Willson the building still stands today and functions as administrative offices for the Bozeman School District 32 In the early 20th century over 17 000 acres 69 km2 of the Gallatin Valley were planted in edible peas harvested for both canning and seed 33 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 34 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 33 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 Robert Redford starring Brad Pitt It is now used by HRDC a community organization The Bridger Bowl Ski Area45 49 02 N 110 53 48 W 45 81722 N 110 89667 W 45 81722 110 89667 Bridger Bowl Ski Area 35 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 36 Bridger Bowl was Bozeman s first ski area and opened to the public in 1955 37 In 1973 news anchorman Chet Huntley created the Big Sky Ski Resort off Gallatin Canyon 40 miles 64 km south of Bozeman The resort has grown considerably since 1973 into a residential community and major winter tourist destination 45 16 51 N 111 24 24 W 45 28083 N 111 40667 W 45 28083 111 40667 Big Sky Ski Resort 38 In 1986 the 60 acre 24 ha site of the Idaho Pole Co on Rouse Avenue was designated a Superfund site and placed on the National Priorities List Idaho Pole treated wood products with creosote and pentachlorophenol on the site between 1945 and 1997 39 The Museum of the Rockies 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 Jack Horner was the museum s first curator of paleontology and brought national notice to the museum for his fossil discoveries in the 1980s 40 Bozeman receives a steady influx of new residents and visitors in part due to its plentiful recreational activities such as fly fishing hiking whitewater kayaking and mountain climbing 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 21st century Edit nbsp Main Street in Bozeman 2011In the past which forty years Bozeman has grown from the sixth to the fourth largest city in Montana 41 42 The area attracts new residents due to quality of life scenery and nearby recreation In August 2010 Bozeman was selected by Outside as the best place to live in the west for skiing 43 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 44 Gallatin Field was subsequently renamed Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport 45 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 EditBozeman is located at an elevation of 4 820 feet 1 470 m 46 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 continental divide and Interstate 90 passes through the city It is 84 miles 135 km east of Butte 125 miles 201 km west of Billings and 93 miles 150 km north of Yellowstone National Park According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 19 15 square miles 49 60 km2 of which 19 12 square miles 49 52 km2 is land and 0 03 square miles 0 08 km2 is water 47 Bozeman experiences a humid continental climate Koppen Dfb as it is located in a more humid microclimate setting Bozeman and the surrounding area receive significantly higher rainfall than much of the central and eastern parts of the state up to 24 inches 610 mm of precipitation annually vs the 8 to 12 inches 200 to 300 mm common throughout much of Montana east of the Continental Divide 48 Combined with fertile soils plant growth is relatively lush This undoubtedly contributed to the early nickname Valley of the Flowers and the establishment of Montana State University as the state s agricultural college 49 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 105 F 40 6 C on July 31 1892 The lowest recorded temperature 45 F 42 8 C occurred on December 22 2022 50 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 citation needed 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 51 Climate data for Bozeman Montana Montana State University 1991 2020 normals extremes 1892 presentMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 65 18 64 18 75 24 83 28 91 33 96 36 105 41 100 38 99 37 88 31 73 23 64 18 105 41 Mean maximum F C 51 6 10 9 54 0 12 2 63 7 17 6 74 0 23 3 79 8 26 6 87 8 31 0 93 2 34 0 92 6 33 7 87 7 30 9 77 3 25 2 62 4 16 9 51 8 11 0 94 8 34 9 Average high F C 34 2 1 2 36 8 2 7 46 1 7 8 54 5 12 5 63 2 17 3 71 7 22 1 82 1 27 8 81 3 27 4 71 4 21 9 57 3 14 1 42 3 5 7 33 3 0 7 56 2 13 4 Daily mean F C 24 6 4 1 26 7 2 9 35 0 1 7 42 5 5 8 51 0 10 6 58 6 14 8 66 9 19 4 65 6 18 7 56 9 13 8 44 9 7 2 32 3 0 2 23 9 4 5 44 1 6 7 Average low F C 15 1 9 4 16 6 8 6 23 9 4 5 30 5 0 8 38 8 3 8 45 6 7 6 51 7 10 9 50 0 10 0 42 4 5 8 32 4 0 2 22 2 5 4 14 5 9 7 32 0 0 0 Mean minimum F C 10 3 23 5 5 9 21 1 3 0 16 1 16 1 8 8 26 3 3 2 33 2 0 7 41 6 5 3 38 9 3 8 29 5 1 4 13 9 10 1 0 4 18 0 9 0 22 8 18 7 28 2 Record low F C 36 38 43 42 29 34 10 23 16 9 26 3 32 0 26 3 12 11 10 23 26 32 45 43 45 43 Average precipitation inches mm 0 86 22 0 83 21 1 42 36 2 51 64 2 93 74 3 27 83 1 33 34 1 32 34 1 44 37 1 84 47 1 25 32 1 03 26 20 03 510 Average snowfall inches cm 12 7 32 13 0 33 13 1 33 12 9 33 3 6 9 1 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 4 1 0 6 0 15 12 5 32 16 2 41 91 3 231 35 Average precipitation days 0 01 in 10 7 9 5 11 8 13 7 15 4 15 3 10 1 10 1 9 0 11 0 10 2 11 0 137 8Average snowy days 0 1 in 9 2 8 4 8 4 6 7 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 7 1 9 4 54 1Source 1 NOAA 52 Source 2 National Weather Service 50 Demographics EditHistorical population CensusPop Note 1870168 1880894432 1 18902 143139 7 19003 41959 5 19105 18751 7 19206 18319 2 19306 85510 9 19408 66526 4 195011 32530 7 196013 36118 0 197018 67039 7 198021 64515 9 199022 6604 7 200027 50921 4 201037 28035 5 202053 29343 0 2022 est 56 123 6 5 3 source 42 53 U S Decennial Census 54 2010 census Edit As of the census of 2010 55 there were 37 280 people 15 775 households and 6 900 families residing in the city The population density was 1 949 8 inhabitants per square mile 752 8 km2 There were 17 464 housing units at an average density of 913 4 per square mile 352 7 km2 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 Edit 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 inhabitants per square mile 843 2 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 Edit nbsp First City Hall 1965 Bozeman became an incorporated Montana city in April 1883 and adopted a city council form of government 56 Currently the City of Bozeman uses a city commission city manager form of government which the citizens adopted on January 1 1922 57 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 58 Departments Edit Finance Department Provides financial administration treasury and accounting services grant administration and sustainability management 59 Fire Department Bozeman 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 60 Park Recreation and Cemetery Department Operates 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 61 Public Service Department Provides engineering forestry signs and signals solid waste street vehicle maintenance water reclamation water and sewer and water treatment services for the citizens of Bozeman 62 Education EditPublic Edit The Bozeman Public School District operates two high schools Bozeman High School and Gallatin High School two middle schools Chief Joseph Middle School and Sacajawea Middle School and eight elementary schools Emily 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 63 The district also operates the Bridger Alternative Program as a branch campus of Bozeman High School to serve at risk secondary students 64 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 Edit Mount Ellis Academy is a co educational boarding high school grades 9 through 12 affiliated with the Seventh day Adventist Church and Headwaters Academy near the campus of Montana State University Post secondary Edit Bozeman is home to Montana State University 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 EditNewspapers and MagazinesBozeman Avant Courier published 1871 1905 65 The Republican courier published 1905 1913 66 The Bozeman Courier publisher 1919 1954 67 Bozeman Daily Chronicle Bozeman Magazine 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 The Montana Pioneer is a monthly newspaper of some decades history based in nearby Livingston but serving both areas AM Radio 68 KBOZ 1090 Talk Personality Reier Broadcasting Company KOBB 1230 sports talk Reier Broadcasting Company KPRK AM 1340 News Talk Townsquare Media KMMS 1450 News Talk Townsquare Media KYWL AM 1490 Active Rock FM Radio 68 KGLT 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 Montana State University Billings 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 LLCDefunctKOZB 97 5 Classic rock Reier Broadcasting Company KBOZ FM 99 9 Country music Reier Broadcasting Company KOBB FM 93 7 Oldies Reier Broadcasting CompanyTelevision 69 KDBZ CD 6 NBC Sinclair Broadcast Group KBZK 7 CBS E W Scripps Company KUSM 9 PBS Montana State University KWYB LD 28 1 ABC Cowles Company LP relay from Butte KWYB LD 28 2 FOXIn popular culture EditThe Bozeman area has served as a filming site for a number of films including The Wildest Dream 70 A River Runs Through It A Plumm Summer and Amazing Grace and Chuck 71 Aside from being shot in Bozeman A Plumm Summer featured two local actors Ben Trotter and John Hosking as well as many local extras Films shot in the nearby Paradise Valley south of Livingston 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 72 It was also the setting for The Ninth Nugget a children s book by Ron Roy that is a part of the A Z Mysteries series The 2022 Paramount Western drama television series 1923 features scenes of early 1920 s Bozeman filmed in Uptown Butte 73 74 Bozeman also features in the film Star Trek First Contact as the launch site of the first warp ship and location of first contact In popular music the members of the noise rock group Steel Pole Bath Tub are originally from Bozeman and wrote a song titled Bozeman on their third album The Miracle of Sound in Motion The 1980s hard rock band Vixen also featured a former Bozeman resident Janet Gardner as lead singer 75 Literary references include the Bozeman area and real life Bozeman artists Bob and Gennie DeWeese 76 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 77 John Steinbeck 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 78 National media coverage Edit 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 15 a 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 79 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 80 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 81 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 82 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 83 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 84 Transportation EditBozeman straddles east west Interstate 90 and is approximately 85 miles 137 km east of north south Interstate 15 in Butte Montana U S Highway 191 runs south from Bozeman to Big Sky and West Yellowstone Montana Highway 86 runs north alongside the Bridger Range to U S 89 Montana Highway 84 runs west to U S 287 in Norris Freight rail service is provided by Montana Rail Link a privately held Class II railroad that connects Spokane Washington with Huntley Montana The city was last served by passenger rail in 1979 by the North Coast Hiawatha at Bozeman Depot Bozeman has operated a free public bus system called Streamline since 2006 85 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 86 Intercity bus service to the city is provided by Jefferson Lines 87 One of the three major regional airports serving southwest Montana is Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport west of Bozeman on the outskirts of Belgrade Montana It primarily serves travelers to Bozeman Big Sky West Yellowstone and Yellowstone National Park A smaller commercial airport is located in West Yellowstone 90 mi 140 km south of Bozeman Notable people EditThe 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 personalitiesConrad Anker mountaineer C Brock Coyle linebacker for San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks B Will Dissly tight end for Seattle Seahawks B Jeff Fisher Head Coach for Tennessee Titans and Los Angeles Rams R Nikki Kimball distance runner R Dane Fletcher linebacker for New England Patriots Tampa Bay Buccaneers B Alex Lowe ice climber and alpinist R Darren Main yoga instructor R Mike McLeod former NFL safety B Heather McPhie freestyle skier 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 Jan Stenerud member of Pro Football Hall of Fame AFL and NFL placekicker for Kansas City Chiefs Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings winner of Super Bowl IV R Kevin Sweeney former quarterback for Dallas Cowboys B Tejay van Garderen professional cyclist RMilitary and pioneersTravis Atkins Medal of Honor recipient 88 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 89 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 Lester S Willson prominent merchant in Bozeman s early years RArts culture and entertainmentKris Atteberry MLB broadcaster one of only two Montanans to call an MLB game B Brannon Braga writer and producer of Star Trek 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 90 R Daniella Deutscher actress B Pablo Elvira 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 lead singer of Modesto band Grandaddy solo artist R Julian MacKay ballet dancer B John Mayer musical artist and songwriter R Ben Mikaelsen author 91 R Christopher Parkening guitarist fly casting champion R David Quammen long time columnist for Outside magazine and author R Steven Rinella American outdoorsman conservationist writer and television personality Albert Alfred and Chris Schlechten multi generation family of photographers noted for portraiture and images of Yellowstone National Park and the Gallatin Valley 92 R R B James Willard Schultz author and Glacier National Park explorer lived in Bozeman 1928 1929 with partner Jessica McDonald professor at Montana State R 93 Schultz s papers are archived at Montana State Burlingame Special Collections Library 94 Michael Spears actor 95 R Eddie Spears actor 95 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 series R Peter Voulkos ceramic artist B Sarah Vowell author regular on This American Life voice actress from The Incredibles 96 97 B Dave Walker musician RScience and academiaLoren Acton astronaut and physicist 98 R Sidney M Cadwell discoverer of anti oxidants for rubber made first scientific study of rubber s fatigue behavior B Don G Despain botanist ecologist and fire behavior specialist R 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 29 Alice Haskins government botanist and professor R 99 100 Jack Horner preeminent paleontologist upon whom main character Dr Alan Grant in book and film Jurassic Park was patterned R Dale W Jorgenson 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 RPolitics government and businessBrooke D Anderson former Ambassador to the United Nations Les AuCoin former U S congressman from Oregon R John Bohlinger Lieutenant Governor of Montana B Dorothy Bradley former state legislator congressional and gubernatorial candidate 101 R Will Brooke 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 Governor of Montana former US Representative in Montana s at large congressional district R Charles S Hartman United States Congressman from Montana R Christopher Hedrick 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 Democratic political consultant 102 R Sidney Runyan Thomas judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit B Ted Turner entrepreneur Ted s Montana Grill and founder of cable television empires including CNN and TBS 103 104 RPhilanthropyGreg Mortenson humanitarian and founder of the Central Asia Institute RReligionElizabeth Clare Prophet co founder of Church Universal and Triumphant RArchitectureFred F Willson designed many notable buildings in Bozeman between 1902 and 1956 RBusiness and industry EditBozeman s top employers include Bozeman Health Montana State University Simms Fishing Products and Mystery Ranch 105 as well as at least two dozen high tech companies engaged in research or production of lasers and other optical equipment 106 over a dozen bio tech companies and several large software companies 107 Nationally known companies based in Bozeman include ILX Lightwave an MKS Newport company Quantel USA RightNow Technologies Snowflake Inc Schedulicity Workiva onX 108 and Simms Fishing Products Notable non profit organizations based in Bozeman include the Greater Yellowstone Coalition Human Resource Development Council HRDC and Eagle Mount Points of interest Edit nbsp Museum of the Rockies nbsp The RialtoMuseums and gardens American Computer Museum Gallatin Historical Society The Pioneer Museum 109 Montana Arboretum and Gardens Museum of the Rockies Story Mansion 110 Libraries Bozeman Public Library 111 Renne Library Montana State University 112 Ski areas Bridger Bowl Ski Area Universities and colleges Montana State University Other BZN International Film Festival 113 East Gallatin Recreation Area Gibson Guitar Factory Hyalite Canyon and Reservoir Sweet Pea A Festival of the Arts Festival held annually since 1977 The Sweet Pea Carnival was first established in 1906 114 115 U S Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Technology Center established 1892 28 29 See also EditBozeman Pass Bozeman TrailReferences Edit Bozeman Montana Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Kristianto Josh November 3 2015 Cyndy Andrus declares victory in Bozeman mayoral race KECI City Manager bozeman net March 4 2021 ArcGIS REST Services Directory United States Census Bureau Retrieved September 5 2022 a b U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Bozeman Montana a b City and Town Population Totals 2020 2022 United States Census Bureau June 13 2023 Retrieved July 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Montana Centennial Commission Gallatin County Historical Society Bates Grace 1994 Gallatin County Places and Things Present and Past Gallatin County Historical Society ISBN 0 930401 78 6 Smith Phyllis 1996 Bozeman Names Have A History Bozeman MT Gallatin County Historical Society Smith Phyllis 1996 Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley A History Helena MT Falcon Press Publishers ISBN 1 56044 540 8 Smith Phyllis 1997 Sweet Pea Days A History Bozeman MT Gallatin County Historical Society Jenks Jim 2007 A Guide to Historic Bozeman Helena MT Montana Historical Society Press ISBN 978 0 9721522 3 5 Malloy Denise Glaser 2008 Images of America Bozeman Chicago IL Arcadia Publishing ISBN 978 0 7385 4844 9 Mulvaney Tom 2009 Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley Chicago IL Arcadia Publishing ISBN 978 0 7385 7084 6 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bozeman Montana nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bozeman Official website Chamber of Commerce account of 1873 lynching Bozeman Montana True West Magazine November 2015 pp 26 29 nbsp Bozeman travel guide from Wikivoyage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bozeman Montana amp oldid 1177811453, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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