BOZEMAN, a city of southern Montana, U.S.A., 6om. E. by S. of Butte and 45m. N. of Yellowstone park, on Federal high way I o, the main line of the Northern Pacific, and a branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railway the seat of Gallatin county. The population in 193o was 6,855. It lies at an altitude of 4,773ft., in the rich agricultural Gallatin valley, sur rounded by the Bridger, Madison, and Gallatin mountain ranges. Coal is mined in the vicinity. The city has large flour and cereal mills, creameries, and pea canneries. It is the seat of Montana State college (established 1893), which has a campus and farm of 455ac. and an annual enrolment of about I,000, and with which is associated the Montana agricultural experiment station, the engineering experiment station, and the extension service in agriculture and home economics. A United States fish hatchery is situated a few miles away, at the mouth of the Bridger canyon. The city has a city-manager form of government.
The Gallatin valley was discovered by Lewis and Clark in 1806. The first permanent settlement was made in 1864 under the leader ship of John M. Bozeman. James Bridger, whose name is per petuated in a range, a peak, and a creek, was one of the famous guides, fur-traders, and scouts of the Rocky Mountain region from 183o to 187o.