20 Facts About Bozeman Montana

City is named after John M Bozeman, who established the Bozeman Trail and was a founder of the town in August 1864.

Bozeman Montana was elected an All-America City in 2001 by the National Civic League.

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", although the Gallatin Valley, in which Bozeman Montana is located, was primarily within the territory of the Crow people.

Bozeman Montana later donated land to the state for the establishment of Montana State University.

In 1892, Bozeman fielded a team in the Class B level Montana State League.

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In 1909, the Bozeman Montana Irrigators played as members of the Class D level Inter-Mountain League.

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.

Bozeman Montana 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 Montana is a gateway community through which visitors pass on the way to Yellowstone National Park and its abundant wildlife and thermal features.

Bozeman Montana is east of the continental divide, and Interstate 90 passes through the city.

Bozeman Montana has cold, snowy winters and relatively warm summers, though due to elevation, temperature changes from day to night can be significant.

In 2019, Bozeman Montana experienced unusually warm and dry temperatures during the month of December.

Bozeman Montana 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 Amazing Grace and Chuck.

In popular music, the members of the noise rock group Steel Pole Bath Tub are originally from Bozeman Montana, and wrote a song titled "Bozeman Montana" on their third album, The Miracle of Sound in Motion.

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.

Bozeman Montana has been referenced in the science fiction franchise Star Trek, most likely due to the influence of writer Brannon Braga, a native of Bozeman Montana.

Bozeman featured in the 2007 film Shooter, where U S Marine Force Recon sniper 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.

Bozeman Montana has operated a free public bus system called Streamline since 2006.

Nationally known companies based in Bozeman Montana include ILX Lightwave, Quantel USA, RightNow Technologies, Snowflake Inc, Schedulicity, Workvia, onX and Simms Fishing Products.

Notable non-profit organizations based in Bozeman Montana include the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Human Resource Development Council and Eagle Mount.