Bozeman, Montana

Bozeman is a city in southwestern Montana and the county seat of Gallatin County. With a 2000 population of 27,509, it is the sixth largest city in the state. The city is named after John M. Bozeman, founder of the Bozeman Trail. Located in the fastest-growing county in the state http://www.bozemanchronicle.com/articles/2005/04/15/news/gallatingrowth.txt, Bozeman is an All-America City. Bozeman residents are known as Bozemanites.

Notable natives

• John Bozeman the founder of Bozeman and the Bozeman Trail.
• Brannon Braga, writer and producer of Star Trek television shows and films.
• Gary Cooper, actor attended Gallatin Valley High School http://www.bozeman.k12.mt.us/History/Docs/gary_cooper.pdf
• Zales Ecton, republican politician in the 1930's.
• Peter Fonda, writer, director, writer, and producer.
• Jack Horner, preeminent paleontologist upon whom the main character, Dr. Alan Grant, in the book and film Jurassic Park was patterned.
• Dale Jorgenson, economist and originator of a neoclassical theory of investment and the neoclassical theory of development of a dual economy
• Ben Mikaelsen, author.
• Elizabeth Clare Prophet, co-founder of Church Universal and Triumphant now residing in a Bozeman hospice with Alzheimer's disease.
• David Quammen, author.
• Red Cloud, a prominent chief of Oglala Sioux who opposed the opening of the Bozeman Trail and fought over the vicinity of the future city site.
• Chrysti M. Smith, writer and host of the radio series Chrysti the Wordsmith.
• Julia Thorne, writer and ex-wife of presidential hopeful John Kerry
• Dave Walker, musician
• Peter Voulkos, ceramic artist.