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4 unusual facts about Bozeman


Augustus M. Ryon

Where the trustees (mostly businessmen from Bozeman, Montana) wanted the college to focus on agriculture, Ryon pointed out that few of its students intended to go back to farming.

Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment

The Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE), based in Bozeman, Montana, is an American think-tank that promotes free-market environmentalism.

KOFK

KOFK-LP, a low-power radio station (98.3 FM) licensed to Bozeman, Montana, United States

Zales Ecton

He attended the Gallatin County public schools, the then Montana State College (later Montana State University) at Bozeman and the University of Chicago law school.


Bridger Bowl Ski Area

Local skiers are alerted to the presence of fresh snow by a flashing blue beacon placed atop the Baxter Hotel in downtown Bozeman.

California Golden Bears men's basketball

*Bozeman was named acting head coach in February 1993 following the firing of Lou Campanelli; California credits the first 17 games of the regular season to Campanelli and the final 13 games (including the NCAA Tournament) to Bozeman.

Cedric Bozeman

Born in Los Angeles, California, Bozeman attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana alongside Jamal Sampson and USC Heisman Trophy winner, Matt Leinart.

Gallatin River

It flows northwest through Gallatin National Forest, past Big Sky, Montana, and joins the Jefferson and Madison approximately 30 mi (48 km) northwest of Bozeman.

KBOZ

KBOZ-FM, a radio station (99.9 FM) licensed to Bozeman, Montana, United States

KBTZ

On July 1, 2009, Max Media established a new Fox affiliate on the digital subchannel of its ABC affiliates, KWYB in Butte and KWYB-LD in Bozeman.

KMMS

KMMS-FM, a radio station (95.1 FM) licensed to Bozeman, Montana, United States

KOBB

KOBB-FM, a radio station (93.7 FM) licensed to Bozeman, Montana, United States

KWYB

In February 2001, CTN sold KWYB, along with KWYB-LP in Bozeman, KTMF in Missoula, KTMF-LP in Kalispell and KTGF in Great Falls, to Max Media of Montana.

Philip Winchester

Winchester's acting career started with a small role in the 1998 film The Patriot, which was filmed in and around the towns of Bozeman and Ennis, Montana.

Raymond Strother

The Strothers now reside in Bozeman, Montana, and have a home on the Big Hole River near the unincorporated community of Wise River in Beaverhead County near Dillon, Montana.

Simms Fishing Products

In 1992, a Los Angeles based management consultant, K.C. Walsh moved his family to Bozeman to fly fish and start a new business.

Shortly after K.C. Walsh acquired the company and moved it to Bozeman, Simms introduced a line of breathable waders using Gore-Tex.

Thomas Goltz

Goltz speaks German, Turkish, Arabic, Azeri and Russian, and now spends about half the year in the field and half in Montana, where he lives and teaches part-time at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.

Thomas Leforge

Leforge joined the Montana militia in 1867 in the Bozeman, Montana and Livingston, Montana areas, acquiring both military experience and acquaintance with native Americans tribes and ways (including raiding parties by Piegan Blackfeet, his father working near Fort Ellis, Montana.

Trabing Station-Crazy Woman Crossing

In 1866, another military force under Colonel Henry B. Carrington was ordered to secure the route of the Bozeman Trail.

Vardis Fisher

Fisher also taught as a summer professor at Montana State University (1932–1933) in Bozeman.


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