Editing Bozeman, Montana (section)

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In 1864, W.W. Alderson described [[Gallatin County, Montana|Gallatin County]] as "one of the most beautiful and picturesque valleys the eye ever beheld, abounding in springs of clear water." Many tended to agree, and Bozeman quickly garnered the nickname of "The Egypt" of Montana.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2021 |title=Bozeman Montana History |url=https://www.taunyafagan.com/bozeman-montana/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=Taunya Fagan |language=en-US |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228153012/https://www.taunyafagan.com/bozeman-montana/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

After incorporation, the first issue of the weekly ''Avant Courier'' newspaper, the precursor of today's ''[[Bozeman Chronicle]]'', was published in Bozeman on September 13, 1871.<ref>{{cite book |last=Putnam |first=James Bruce |title=The Evolution of a Frontier Town: Bozeman, Montana and Its Search For Economic Stability 1864–1887 |publisher=Montana Centennial Commission Gallatin County Historical Society |location=Bozeman, MT |year=1988 |page=28 }}</ref>

[[File:BozemanMainStreet1875.jpg|thumb|right|Main Street in Bozeman, 1875<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arc.lib.montana.edu/brook-0771/item/609 |title=Thomas Brook Photographs Collection 771 – Montana State University Libraries |author=Thomas B. Brook |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-date=July 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727192744/http://arc.lib.montana.edu/brook-0771/item/609 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

Bozeman's main cemetery, Sunset Hills Cemetery, was given to the city in 1872 when the English lawyer and philanthropist [[William Henry Blackmore]] purchased the land after his wife Mary Blackmore died of pneumonia in Bozeman in July 1872.<ref name=freeman67>{{cite book |last=Freeman |first=Cortlandt L. |title=The Growing Up Years The First 100 Years of Bozeman as an Incorporated City from 1883 to 1983 |publisher=Montana Centennial Commission Gallatin County Historical Society |location=Bozeman, MT |year=1988 |page=67 }}</ref>

The first library in Bozeman was formed by the Young Men's Library Association in a room above a drugstore in 1872. It later moved to the mayor's office and was taken over by the city in 1890.<ref name=freeman67/>
The first [[The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry|Grange]] meeting in [[Montana Territory]] was held in Bozeman in 1873.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Phyllis |title=Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley. A History |publisher=Falcon Press Publishers |location=Helena, MT |year=1996 |isbn=1-56044-540-8 |page=129 }}</ref> The [[Northern Pacific Railway]] reached Bozeman from the east in 1883.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mulvaney |first=Tom |title=Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Chicago, IL |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7385-7084-6 |page=70 }}</ref> By 1900, Bozeman's population had reached 3,500.

In 1892, the [[United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries]] established a fish hatchery on Bridger Creek at the entrance to Bridger Canyon. The fourth oldest fish hatchery in the United States, the facility ceased to be primarily a hatchery in 1966 and became the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]]'s [[Bozeman National Fish Hatchery]], later a fish technology and fish health center. The Center receives approximately 5,000 visitors a year observing biologists working on diet testing, feed manufacturing technology, fish diseases, brood stock development and improvement of water quality.<ref name=BFTC>{{cite web |url=http://www.fws.gov/bozemanfishtech/outreach.html |title=Fish Technology Center-Outreach |publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |access-date=January 18, 2011 |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222140318/http://www.fws.gov/bozemanfishtech/outreach.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=MRA>{{cite web |url=http://www.montanariveraction.org/fish-tech-center.html |title=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fish Technology Center |publisher=Montana River Action |access-date=January 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125103621/http://www.montanariveraction.org/fish-tech-center.html |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bozeman was home to early [[minor league baseball]]. In 1892, Bozeman fielded a team in the [[Class B (baseball)|Class B]] level [[Montana State League]]. In 1909, the [[Bozeman Irrigators]] played as members of the [[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] level [[Inter-Mountain League]]. Both leagues disbanded.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=29ba5359 |title=1909 Inter-Mountain League |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212054859/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=29ba5359 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Montana State University was established in 1893 as the state's [[Land grant|land-grant]] college, then named the Agricultural College of the State of Montana. By the 1920s, the institution was known as Montana State College, and in 1965 it became [[Montana State University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montana.edu/msuhistory/ |title=Montana State University History |publisher=Montana State History |access-date=January 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605124215/http://www.montana.edu/msuhistory/ |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref>