MONTANA STATE INFORMATION

January 15th, 2025

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Montana Homestead Declaration 2024*† Does Montana Have a Homestead Exemption? – How To File Homestead Rights in Montana To be eligible to file for up to $393,702* equity protection in 2024 with a Montana Homestead Declaration, a person’s subject property must be his/her primary residence. A “homestead” is the house or mobile home in which […]

January 14th, 2025

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Montana Beer History and Companies – Best Bozeman, Montana Breweries – List of all Montana Breweries In 2024, there are over 120 breweries in Montana, listed below. Beginnings, Montana Brewing History: First named “Thorn-Smith Brewery” and then renamed “Virginia Brewery,” Montana’s first craft brewing industry began in Virginia City, Montana Territory in 1863–around the middle […]

January 10th, 2025

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Dec 13, 2024 – Apr. 13, 2025 is snowboard & ski season at Bridger Bowl Bridger Bowl Information: Recent Infrastructure Updates – Bozeman Cross Country Skiing Bridger Canyon and Bridger Bowl Ski Area Real Estate Bridger Bowl is a private, nonprofit Montana community ski area with no owners. Consequently, all proceeds are reinvested into the ski […]

January 10th, 2025

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Montana State University (MSU) History Quick History, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana  The state of Montana was endowed by the Federal 1862 Morrill Act–allowing for the creation of United States land grant colleges–with the power to create Montana agricultural or “land grant” colleges, based upon Montana’s vast land. Consequently, the Montana legislature passed an act […]

January 1st, 2025

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Bozeman Demographics 2025 | Bozeman’s Population is ~59,050 in 202. | Bozeman’s growth rate is ~3% | The population of Gallatin County, Montana is ~129,265 (4.25%). Bozeman Demographics: Population, Cost of Living, Climate, Rainfall, Temperature, Health, Housing, Economy, Education, Families, Income, Employment, Plan for Bozeman Growth The first few years of the 2020’s saw a […]

December 16th, 2024

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Bozeman, Montana History – Gallatin County, MT – John Bozeman – Pioneers and Founders – Population ~59,050 In 1864, W.W. Alderson described Montana’s Gallatin Valley as “one of the most beautiful and picturesque valleys the eye ever beheld, abounding in springs of clear water.” In the late 1800’s many agreed, calling it “The Egypt” or […]

December 5th, 2024

categories: BIG SKY MONTANA, BIG SKY REAL ESTATE, MARKET NEWS, MONTANA CITIES, MONTANA SKI RESORTS, MONTANA STATE INFORMATION

Big Sky is a vibrant, unincorporated community in southwest Montana, between Bozeman and West Yellowstone, Montana – 2024 Big Sky Homes For Sale  –  Big Sky Market Report –  Big Sky Resort History of Big Sky Montana: In 1901, Augustus Franklin Crail was the first to homestead in Big Sky, choosing today’s “Meadow” for his homestead. […]

December 2nd, 2024

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2024-25 Big Ski Montana Ski Resort – Big Sky History Slopes Open November 27, 2024 & Close April 27, 2025 Considered one of America’s top ten ski resorts, the lifts at Montana’s Big Sky Resort quickly transport skiers and snowboarders up the slopes of regal Lone Mountain, Andesite Mountain, and Flat Iron Mountain, all of which offer […]

November 26th, 2024

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Short History of Montana Ranching It is said that Montana’s ranching history began in the mid-1850’s with a cattle operation in Deer Lodge Valley started by the Grant Brothers in what was then Montana Territory. The Brothers would drive vibrant oxen to Pocatello, Idaho, trading them for exhausted Oregon cattle. They would then turn around and […]

November 26th, 2024

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SW Montana Rivers Near Bozeman The Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison, Missouri, and Yellowstone Rivers Extending north and south through Montana’s western terrain is the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains, separating Montana into two drainages, one west-sloping and the other east-sloping, enabling gravity to send the State’s water to either the Mississippi or the Columbia. Consequently, […]