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Place Name
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Bozeman
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Pronunciation
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BOZ-muhn
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Gallatin County
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Population
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22,660 (1990)
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Location
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Gallatin County, Montana (MT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°41'N
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Longitude
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111°02'W
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Bozeman
(BOZ-muhn), city (1990 pop. 22,660),  Gallatin
co., SW Mont., 112 mi/180 km W of Billings and
72 mi/116 km ESE of Butte; 45°41'N
111°02'W. Center of a farming and livestock-raising area. Tourism and
lumber are also important industries. Mfg. (printing and publishing,
bronze casting; apparel, dairy prods., furniture, consumer goods, soft
drinks, hand tools, silicon crystals, alfalfa pellets, construction
materials, fabricated metal prods., electronic parts). Named after John
M. Bozeman, a pioneer who led the 1st Eur. settlers here in 1864. Hq.
of Gallatin Natl. Forest, units of forest to NE and S and Yellowstone
Natl. Park is 45 mi/72 km S. Seat of Montana
State Univ. Mus. of the Rockies, Gallatin Co. Pioneer Mus., Amer.
Computer Mus., Bozeman Fish Technology Center, Emerson Cultural Center.
Bridger Bowl Ski Area to NE, Bozeman Hot Springs to W. Inc. 1883
(formerly called Missouri).
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