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Bozeman, Montana
Location of Bozeman, Montana
Location of Bozeman, Montana
Coordinates: 45°40′40″N 111°2′50″W / 45.67778, -111.04722
Country United States
State Montana
County Gallatin
Government
 - City Manager Chris Kukulski
Area
 - Total 20. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern This is a list of the 56 counties in the US state of Montana. Gallatin County is a County located in the US state of Montana. A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a City, in a council-manager form of city government Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 3 sq mi (32. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 6 km²)
 - Land 20. 3 sq mi (32. 6 km²)
 - Water 0. 0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation 4,950 ft (1 508. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 76 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 27,509
 - Density 1,358/sq mi (843. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 8/km²)
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
 - Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes 59700-59799
Area code(s) 406
FIPS code 30-08950
GNIS feature ID 0769173
Website: http://www.bozeman.net/

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Bozeman is home to Montana State University - Bozeman. Montana State University - Bozeman (MSU is a Public university located in Bozeman Montana, U The local newspaper is the Bozeman Chronicle. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle is a daily Newspaper published in Bozeman Montana. Gallatin Field Airport serves the city. Gallatin Field Airport, also known as Gallatin Field, is a public-use Airport located seven Nautical miles (13 km) northwest of the

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History

Early History

For thousands of years, Native Americans tribes including the Shoshone, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Flathead and Sioux made the area their home, though the Gallatin Valley was not permanently held by any particular tribe. The Shoshone ( or) are a Native American tribe with three large divisions the Northern the Western and the Eastern The Nez Perce (ˌnɛzˈpɝs are a Tribe of Native Americans who live in the Pacific Northwest region ( Columbia River Plateau) of the United The Piegan Blackfeet ( Aamsskáápipikani (Southern Pikáni /Piegan or simply as Pikáni in Blackfoot) are a tribe of Native Americans Sioux (pronounced SUE are a Native American and First Nations people

19th century

William Clark visited the area in July 1806 as he traveled east from Three Forks along the Gallatin River. William Clark ( August 1, 1770 &ndash September 1, 1838) was an American explorer soldier Indian agent, and territorial governor Three Forks is a city in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. 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 in a place the local natives called the "Valley of the Flowers" [3].

In 1863, John Bozeman, along with a partner named John Jacobs, opened the Bozeman Trail, an offshoot from 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 M Bozeman (1835&ndashApril 20 1867 was born in Pickens County Georgia. The Bozeman Trail was an overland route connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold rush territory of Montana. Pioneers traveled across the Oregon Trail, one of the main overland migration routes on the North American Continent, in wagons in order to settle new parts of the Virginia City is a town in and the County seat of Madison County, Montana, United States.

John Bozeman, with Daniel Rouse and William Bealle platted the town in 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. A plat consists of a Map, drawn to scale showing the divisions of a piece of land . . ". The Indian Wars closed the Bozeman Trail in 1868, but the town's fertile land attracted permanent settlers.

In 1866 Nelson Story arrived with 3,000 head of longhorn cattle sneaking past angry Native Americans and the U. S. Army who tried to turn Story back for safety reasons. Those first cattle formed the first herd in Montana's cattle industry.

Fort Ellis was established in 1867 by Captain R. Fort Ellis was an early United States Army outpost established August 27, 1867, to the eastern side of present-day Bozeman Montana, as settlers S. LaMotte and two companies of the 2nd Cavalry, after the mysterious death of John Bozeman near Yellowstone 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 very few remains are left at the actual site, now occupied by the Fort Ellis Experimental Station of Montana State University [4]. Background and movement to battle See also [[Gettysburg Campaign]] [[Gettysburg Battlefield]] [[Gettysburg Confederate order of battle]] [[Confederate order of battle]] Augustus van Horne Ellis (May 1 1827 &ndash July 2 1863 was an American lawyer sea captain and soldier In addition to Fort Ellis, a short-lived fort, Fort Elizabeth Meahger (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 Rock Creek.

Northern Pacific Railway tracks finally reached the small town in 1883. The Northern Pacific Railway was a railway that operated in the north-central region of the United States. By 1900, Bozeman's population reached 3,500.

20th century

Lewis and Clark Motel
Lewis and Clark Motel

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. This article is about the 1992 film A River Runs Through It. For information on the 1976 novella by Norman Maclean see A River Runs Through It. Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, It is now used by HRDC, a community organization. The Human Resource Development Council (HRDC is a not-for-profit corporation based in Bozeman, Montana in the United States, providing volunteer

The University's Museum of the Rockies was put on the map by famed paleontologist Jack Horner. The Museum of the Rockies, affiliated with Montana State University in Bozeman and the Smithsonian Institution, is located in Bozeman, Montana John "Jack" R Horner (born June 15, 1946) is an American paleontologist who discovered and named Maiasaura

Residents and visitors enjoy easy access to skiing at the Big Sky Ski Resort, although many locals prefer the closer and cheaper Bridger Bowl Ski Area. Big Sky Resort is a Ski resort located in southwestern Montana in Gallatin County, an hour south of Bozeman via U Bridger Bowl is a Ski area near Bozeman Montana, serving locals and students of Montana State University. Plentiful recreational activities and the free marketing the area received from A River Runs Through It and The Horse Whisperer have combined to bring a steady influx of new residents and visitors. This article is about the 1992 film A River Runs Through It. For information on the 1976 novella by Norman Maclean see A River Runs Through It. The Horse Whisperer ( 1998) is a movie directed by and starring Robert Redford, based on the 1995 novel by Nicholas Evans.

References in popular culture

The movie Star Trek: First Contact (co-written by Bozeman native Brannon Braga) established Bozeman as the site of first contact between Vulcans and humans, an event subsequently referenced in Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "Carbon Creek" and "Desert Crossing. Star Trek First Contact is a 1996 Science fiction film and the eighth feature film based in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe Brannon Braga (born August 14 1965, in Bozeman, Montana) is an American Television producer and Screenwriter First contact is a common science-fictional theme about the first meeting between Humans and aliens or more broadly of any sentient Vulcans are a Humanoid species in the fictional Star Trek universe who hail from the planet Vulcan, and are noted for their attempt Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Star Trek Enterprise (simply titled Enterprise prior to season three is a Science fiction Television program created by Brannon " A Starfleet starship named for the city, USS Bozeman, appears in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Cause and Effect. " Cause and Effect " is the 18th episode in the 5th season of Star Trek The Next Generation. Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry " Cause and Effect " is the 18th episode in the 5th season of Star Trek The Next Generation. "

In the popular television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Las Vegas Crime Scene Investigator Level 3 Catherine Willows is originally from Bozeman. CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Catherine Willows (née Flynn) is a Fictional character on the CBS television series. In the spinoff show CSI: NY, Detective Lindsay Monroe is also a Bozeman native and had been there for 3 years before her transfer to New York at the request of Mac Taylor. CSI NY is an American Police procedural Television series, which premiered on September 22, 2004. Lindsay Monroe is a Fictional character from the TV series. She is portrayed by actress Anna Belknap. Because of her roots in Bozeman, Lindsay is given the nickname "Montana" by co-worker Detective Danny Messer. Danny Messer is a Fictional character on the TV series. He is portrayed by actor Carmine Giovinazzo. In a 2007 episode, Lindsay returns to Bozeman to testify as a witness for the prosecution in a quadruple homicide case in which she is the lone survivor.

Bozeman was also featured in the movie Supervolcano, where it is destroyed by an eruption at Yellowstone National Park. Supervolcano is a 2005 BBC / Discovery Channel Docudrama centered on the fictional eruption of the volcanic Caldera

Bozeman is the hometown of Dale, a character from Heroes, featured in the episode "Unexpected". Heroes is an American Science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September " Unexpected " is the sixteenth episode of the first season of the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes

Lincoln Burrows makes a call from a Bozeman bridge in the second season of the hit TV series Prison Break. Prison Break is an American action / Serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29 2005

Bozeman is also featured in the Paramount Pictures film, "Shooter", starring Mark Wahlberg. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Shooter is a 2007 R rated action / Conspiracy thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua based on the novel Point of Impact Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971 is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA -winning American actor rapper and Producer of

In the film "Silence of The Lambs", Jodie Foster's character mentions while she was living on a Montana ranch as a young girl, she was sent to "live at the Lutheran orphanage in Bozeman" after trying to save sheep from slaughter. The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 suspense film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins,

Montana State University in Bozeman also provides a key setting in the novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; the narrator was a professor teaching English composition while developing his philosophical ideas. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M

The members of the noise rock group Steel Pole Bath Tub are originally from Bozeman. Noise rock (also known as noise punk) describes one variety of Post-punk Rock music that became prominent in the 1980s Steel Pole Bath Tub was a Hardcore punk / Noise rock band formed in 1986 in Bozeman, Montana by Mike Morasky (guitar/vocalsand Dale Flattum (bass/vocals They wrote a song titled "Bozeman" on their third album, The Miracle of Sound in Motion.

Bozeman is also the hometown of Roy Eberhardt, the main character in the best-selling novel Hoot

Geography and Climate

Bozeman is located at 45°40′40″N, 111°2′50″W (45. See Hoot for other meanings of the word Hoot is a Young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen. 677890, -111. 047274)[1], in the Gallatin Valley with the Bridger Mountains to the northeast, the Tobacco Root Mountains to the west, the Big Belt Mountains to the north, the Hyalites to the south and the Spanish Peaks and Gallatin Range to the southwest. The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km long in the U The Bridger Range (highest point Sacagawea Peak 9665 ft/2945 m is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, in southern Montana in the United States. The Big Belt Mountains are a section of the Rocky Mountains in the U Interstate 90 passes through the city, with the city lying 60 miles (97 km) east of Butte, Montana (87 by road), 125 miles (201 km) west of Billings, Montana (143 by road), and 93 miles (150 km) north of Yellowstone National Park. Interstate 90 (I-90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3100 miles (5000 kilometers Butte (IPA) is a city in and the County seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. Billings is the largest city in the US state of Montana, located in the south-central portion of the state

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 6 square miles (32. 6 km²), all of it land. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of

Climate in Bozeman and the surrounding area is fairly unusual in that it receives significantly higher rainfall, up to 24 inches (610 mm) of precipitation annually vs. 8-12 in much of Montana[5]. Combined with fertile soils, plant growth is relatively lush. This undoubtedly contributed to the early nickname "Valley of the flowers" and the establishment of the state's Montana Agricultural College.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census[2] there were 27,509 people, 10,877 households, and 5,014 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 2,183. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 8 people per square mile (843. 0/km²). There were 11,577 housing units at an average density of 919. 0/sq mi (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. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 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. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 9. 2% of families and 20. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 8% of those under age 18 and 4. 4% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2006, Bozeman has sustained a consistent 5% to 7% growth rate since the last US Census edging the municipal population towards 40,000 people. The United States Census is a decennial Census mandated by the United States Constitution. To address the impacts of rapid growth, local government officials have had the difficult job of researching controversial measures such as county wide zoning, inclusionary zoning, transfer of development rights, and other land use regulation. Inclusionary Zoning, also known as inclusionary housing, refers to municipal and county planning ordinances that require that a given share of Air rights are a type of development right in Real estate. Generally speaking owning or renting land or a Building gives one the right to use and develop the empty

Transportation

As of 2006, Bozeman has had a public bus transportation system called Streamline. Streamline operates 4 routes covering most of the Bozeman area. This includes the University, Hospital, Mall, Main Shopping areas, and downtown. The transportation system is funded by a variety of Federal, State, and local sources. The Associated Students of Montana State University are the largest contributor to the system. Because of this funding, consumers are not charged to ride the bus service.

Notable People Involved With Bozeman

Points of interest

Museum of the Rockies
Museum of the Rockies

References

  1. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. The Montana Arboretum and Gardens are located on the Montana State University campus in Bozeman Montana. The Museum of the Rockies, affiliated with Montana State University in Bozeman and the Smithsonian Institution, is located in Bozeman, Montana Bridger Bowl is a Ski area near Bozeman Montana, serving locals and students of Montana State University. Montana State University - Bozeman (MSU is a Public university located in Bozeman Montana, U The American Computer Museum is a museum of the history of computing located in Bozeman Montana. Big Sky Resort is a Ski resort located in southwestern Montana in Gallatin County, an hour south of Bozeman via U Moonlight Basin is a Ski resort in southwestern Montana, located in the Madison Range of the United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes

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