Editing Belgrade, Montana (section)

==History==
The original townsite of Belgrade was established in 1883 when the [[Northern Pacific Railroad]] was constructed through the Gallatin Valley. The original town plat was filed in the [[Gallatin County, Montana|Gallatin County]] Clerk and Recorder's Office by Thomas B. Quaw, a businessman from the midwest, in July 1891. According to Quaw, the townsite was an unmanned [[siding (rail)|railroad siding]] 9.7 miles west of [[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]], and was named [[Belgrade]] after the capital of [[Serbia]], as an expression of appreciation to the Serbian investors who helped finance a portion of the [[Northern Pacific Railroad]]. Quaw and William O. Tracy created the Belgrade Grain and Produce Company and marketed Belgrade as the "Princess of the Prairies."<ref name="mhs">{{cite web|title=Montana Place Names Companion|url=http://mtplacenames.org/|publisher=Montana Historical Society|access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref>

The post office was established in 1887 with Quaw as postmaster.<ref name="names">{{cite book|last1=Carkeek Cheney|first1=Roberta|title=Names on the Face of Montana|date=1983|publisher=Mountain Press Publishing Company|location=Missoula, Montana|isbn=0-87842-150-5|page=5}}</ref> Belgrade was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1906.