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Billings, Montana Billings, Montana Billings, Montana Flag of Billings, Montana Flag Official seal of Billings, Montana Motto: Billings Pride, City Wide Billings, Montana is positioned in the US Billings, Montana - Billings, Montana Billings Billings is the biggest city in the state of Montana, and is the principal town/city of the Billings Metropolitan Area with a populace of 166,855. It has a trade region of over half a million citizens . Billings is positioned in the south-central portion of the state and is the seat of Yellowstone County, which had a 2015 populace of 157,048. The 2015 Enumeration estimates put the Billings populace at 110,263, making it the only town/city in Montana with over 100,000 citizens .
The town/city is experiencing rapid expansion and a strong economy; it has had and is closing to have the biggest growth of any town/city in Montana.
From 2000 to 2010 Lockwood, an easterly suburb of the city, saw expansion of 57.8%, the biggest growth rate of any improve in Montana. Billings has avoided the economic downturn that affected most of the country 2008 2012 as well as avoiding the housing bust. With the Bakken petroleum evolution in easterly Montana and North Dakota, the biggest petroleum discovery in U.S.
Billings was nicknamed the "Magic City" because of its rapid expansion from its beginning as a barns town in March 1882.
Billings, a former president of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
With one of the biggest trade areas in the United States, Billings is the trade and distribution center for much of Montana east of the Continental Divide, Northern Wyoming, and portions of North Dakota and South Dakota.
Billings is also the retail destination for much of the same area.
Area attractions include Pompey's Pillar, Pictograph Cave, Chief Plenty Coups State Park, Zoo Montana, and Yellowstone Art Museum.
1.3 Coulson / Billings See also: Timeline of Billings, Montana The downtown core and much of the rest of Billings is in the Yellowstone Valley which is a canyon carved out by the Yellowstone River.
Around 80 million years ago, the Billings region was on the shore of the Western Interior Seaway.
Over the last million years the river has carved its way down through this contemporary to form the canyon walls that are known as the Billings Rimrocks or the Rims. The Crow Indians have called the Billings region home since about 1700.
In July 1806, William Clark (of the Lewis and Clark Expedition) passed through the Billings area.
Coulson / Billings The region where Billings is today was once known as Clarks Fork Bottom.
The plan was to run freight up Alkali Creek, now part of Billings Heights, to the basins and Fort Benton on the Hi-Line. In 1877 pioneer from the Gallatin Valley region of the Montana Territory formed Coulson the first town of the Yellowstone Valley. The town was started when John Alderson assembled a sawmill and convinced PW Mc - Adow to open a general store and trading post on territory that Alderson owned on the bank of the Yellowstone River.
Boothill Cemetery today sits inside the town/city limits of Billings and is the only remaining physical evidence of Coulson's existence.
Being able to make far more cash by creating a new town on these two sections the barns decided to problematic the new town of Billings, For a short time the two suburbs existed side-by-side with a street car even running between the two.
However most of the inhabitants of Coulson ended up moving to the new booming town of Billings.
Today Coulson Park, a Billings town/city park, sits on the river bank where Coulson once was. Billings Billings was established in 1882.
This spurred the Billings nickname of the Magic City because like magic it seemed to appear overnight. Panoramic view of downtown Billings 1915.
However, when the Montana & Minnesota Land Company oversaw the evolution of potential barns land, they ignored Coulson, and platted the new town of Billings just a couple of miles to the Northwest.
Coulson quickly faded away; most of her inhabitants were combined into Billings.
But ultimately there was no future for Coulson as Billings grew.
Although it stood on the banks of the Yellowstone River only a couple of miles from the heart of present-day Downtown Billings, the town/city of Billings never assembled on the territory where Coulson once stood.
By the 1910 census, Billings' populace had risen to 10,031 ranking it the sixth fastest-growing improve in the nation. Billings became an energy center in the early years of the twentieth century with the discernment of petroleum fields in Montana and Wyoming.
After World War II, Billings boomed into the primary financial, medical and cultural center of the region.
Billings has had rapid expansion from its founding; in its first 50 years expansion was at times in the 300 and 400 percentile. Billings' expansion has remained robust throughout the years, and in the 1950s, it had a expansion rate of 66.0%. The 1973 petroleum embargo by OPEC spurred an petroleum boom in easterly Montana, northern Wyoming and North Dakota.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Billings saw primary growth in its downtown core; the first high-rise buildings to be assembled in Montana were erected.
Upon its culmination, it was declared "the tallest load-bearing brick masonry building in the world" by the Brick Institute of America. During the 1970s and 1980s, other primary buildings were constructed in the downtown core; the Norwest Building (now Wells Fargo), Granite Tower, Sage Tower, the Metra - Park arena, the Trans - Western Center, many new city-owned parking garages, and the First Interstate Center, the tallest building in a five-state area. With the culmination of large sections of the interstate fitness in Montana in the 1970s, Billings became a shopping destination for an ever-larger area.
The 1970s and 1980s saw new shopping districts and shopping centers advanced in the Billings area.
Cross Roads Mall was assembled in Billings Heights, and West Park Plaza mall in midtown.
Billings was affected by the 1980 eruption of Mount St.
Helens in May; the town/city received about an inch of ash on the ground. The Yellowstone fires of 1988 blanketed Billings in smoke for weeks. In the 1990s, the service zone in the town/city increased with the evolution of new shopping centers assembled around big box stores such as Target, Wal Mart and Office Depot, all of which assembled multiple outlets in the Billings area.
With the addition of more interchange exits along I-90, additional hotel chains and service trade outlets are being assembled in Billings.
Development of company parks and large residentiary developments on the city's west end, South Hills area, Lockwood, and the Billings Heights were all part of the 1990s.
Billings received the All-America City Award in 1992.
In the 21st century, Billings saw the evolution of operations centers in the city's company parks and downtown core by such nationwide companies as GE, Wells Fargo and First Interstate Bank.
In 2007, Billings was designated a Preserve America Community. With the culmination of the Shiloh interchange exit off Interstate 90, the Trans - Tech Center was advanced and more hotel evolution occurred as well.
Other new centers include Billings Town Square with Montana's first Cabela's, and West Park Promenade, Montana's first open-air shopping mall.
In 2009, Fortune Small Business periodical titled Billings the best small town/city in which to start a business. Billings saw continued expansion with the biggest actual expansion of any town/city in Montana.
On June 20, 2010 (Father's Day), a tornado, dubbed by the media the Fathers Day Tornado, touched down in the downtown core and Heights sections of Billings.
While the country has been feeling the effects of a recession, Billings's economy has been strong.
The state's economy is healthier than most states but as Montana is suffering from a crash in real estate and the near demise of its timber industry, easterly Montana and North Dakota are experiencing an energy boom due to coal and the Bakken formation the biggest petroleum discovery in U.S.
History. Billings is Montana's oasis of economic growth. Billings is positioned at 45 47 12 N 108 32 14 W (45.786553, 108.537139), with two-thirds of the town/city being in the Yellowstone Valley and the South Hills region and one-third being in the Heights-Lockwood area.
Around Billings, seven mountain peaks can be viewed.
The Bighorn Mountains have over 200 lakes and two peaks that rise to over 13,000 feet (3,960 m): Cloud Peak (13,167 ft, 4013 m) and Black Tooth Mountain (13,005 ft, 3964 m). The Pryor Mountains directly south of Billings rise to a height of 8,822 feet and are unlike any other landscape in Montana.
The Crazy Mountains to the west rise to a height of 11,209 feet at Crazy Peak, the tallest peak in the range. Big Snowy Mountains, with peaks of 8,600 feet, are home to Crystal Lake. The Bull Mountains are a low-lying heavily forested range north of Billings Heights.
The snowiest year on record was 2014 with 103.5 inches or 2.63 metres, topping the 1996-97 previous record of 98.9 inches or 2.51 metres. The first freeze of the season on average arrives by October 4 and the last is May 7. Spring and autumn in Billings are usually mild, but brief.
Due to its location, Billings is susceptible to harsh weather.
The first recorded tornado to touch down in Billings was on June 2, 1958.
On June 20, 2010, a tornado dubbed the Father's Day Tornado touched down in the Billings Heights and Downtown sections of the city.
Climate data for Billings, Montana (Billings Logan Int'l Airport), 1981 2010 normals Climate data for Billings, Montana (downtown), 1981 2010 normals Main article: Sections of Billings, Montana Billings has many sections that comprise the whole of the city.
The sections are often defined by Billings' unique physical characteristics.
There are presently 11 boroughs called "sections" inside the town/city limits of Billings, Montana.
The city's neighborhoods make up the soul of Billings.
The south side of Billings is probably the earliest residentiary region in the city, and it is the city's most culturally diverse Neighborhood.
The Bottom Westend Historic District is home to many of Billings first mansions.
New expansion is mainly concentrated on Billings's West End.
Denser, more urban expansion is occurring in Josephine Crossing, one of Billings' many new intact neighborhoods.
Main article: Billings Metropolitan Area Billings is the principal town/city of the Billings Metropolitan Statistical Area.
See also: List of mayors of Billings, Montana Billings is the governmental center of county of Yellowstone County, the most crowded county in Montana. It is also the locale of the James F.
Billings is governed via the mayor council system.
The current town/city charter, also called the Billings, Montana City Code (BMCC) was established 1977.
The Billings Police Department is the chief law enforcement agency in Billings.
The Billings Fire Department was first established in 1883 as a volunteer fire business titled the Billings Fire Brigade.
American Medical Response (AMR) provides emergency medical services at the paramedic care level in Billings, and supports other agencies throughout Yellowstone County.
Billings City-Yellowstone County 9-1-1 Dispatch All enhance safety agencies positioned in the easterly half of Yellowstone County are dispatched by the communications center.
The 911 center also takes non-emergency calls for the Billings Police Department, Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office, a several rural fire companies, and handles after-hour complaints for other City of Billings and Yellowstone County Office.
Main article: List of tallest buildings in Billings The tallest building in Billings and Montana as well as a five state region is the First Interstate Center, which stands at 272 feet (83 m) and 20 floors above ground level. Billings is also home to the tallest load-bearing brick building in the world, the Crowne Plaza, which stands 256 feet (78 m).
The geographic locale of Billings was essential to its economic success.
Billings' future as a primary trade and distribution center was basically assured from its beginning as a barns core due to its geographic location.
As Billings quickly became the region's economic core it outgrew the other metros/cities in the region.
The Billings trade region serves over a half million citizens . A primary trade and distribution center, the town/city is home to many county-wide command posts and corporate headquarters.
With Montana having no revenue tax, Billings is a retail destination for much of Wyoming, North and South Dakota as well as much of Montana east of the Continental Divide.
$1 out of every $7 spent on retail purchases in Montana is being spent in Billings.
The percentage of wholesale company transactions done in Billings is even stronger, Billings accounts for more than a quarter of the wholesale company for the entire state, these figures do not include Billings portion of revenue for Wyoming and the Dakotas. Billings is an energy center; Billings sits amidst the biggest coal reserves in the United States as well as large petroleum and natural gas fields.
In 2009, Fortune Small Business periodical titled Billings the best small town/city in which to start a business. Billings has a diverse economy including a large and quickly growing medical corridor that includes inpatient and outpatient community care.
Billings has a large service zone including retail, hospitality and entertainment.
Engineering, Worley - Parsons Engineering, Energy Labs, and others. Fortune 500 firms with branch operations in Billings include Exxon/Mobil, Wal-mart, GM, CHS Inc, Conoco-Phillips, Ford, Wells Fargo, General Electric, USBank, Travelers, BNSF, Pennsylvania Power & Light, MDU Resources, Sears/K-Mart, Target Corporation, New York Life, Morgan Stanley. The Billings Canal, used for irrigation, runs through Billings.
Billings Logan International Airport is close to downtown; it sits on top of the Rims, a 500-foot (150 m) cliff overlooking the downtown core.
The Laurel Municipal Airport is a publicly owned public-use airport in Laurel, Montana, which is positioned eleven miles (17 km) southwest of downtown Billings.
The Billings METropolitan Transit is the enhance transit fitness in Billings.
MET Transit provides fixed-route and paratransit bus service to the City of Billings.
There are Westend and Downtown transit centers allowing passengers to connect with all routes. The Billings Bus Terminal is served by Greyhound as well as Jefferson Lines which also provides county-wide and interstate bus service. Billings has an extensive trail fitness running throughout the metro area.
Bicycling periodical ranked Billings among the nation's 50 most bike-friendly communities. In 2012, the Swords Park Trail was titled the Montana State Trail of the Year and received an Environmental and Wildlife Compatibility award from the Coalition for Recreational Parks. Interstate 90 runs east west through the southern portion of Billings, serving as a corridor between Billings Heights, Lockwood, Downtown, South Hills, Westend, Shiloh, and Laurel.
East of Downtown, between Billings Heights and Lockwood, Interstate 90 joins with Interstate 94 which serves as an east west corridor between Shepherd, Huntley, Lockwood, Downtown, South Hills, Westend, Shiloh, and Laurel via its connection with I-90.
The 2012 Billings region I-90 corridor planning study recommends many improvements to the corridor from Laurel through Lockwood.
The Billings Bypass is a universal designed to offer an alternative route into Billings Heights, to problematic a new and more direct connection between Billings and Lockwood and to connect I-90 with Montana Highway 87 and Old Highway 312.
Montana Highway 3 is a north south highway that runs along the edge of the North Rims connecting Downtown and the Westend with the Rehberg Ranch, Indian Cliffs and Billings Heights.
Highway 87 runs through the center of Billings Heights and is known as Main Street inside the town/city limits.
Until 1979 Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha stopped at the Billings Depot, serving a Chicago to Seattle route.
Vincent Healthcare and Billings Clinic. Movius's practice and the name was changed to The Billings Clinic.
Billings Deaconess Hospital (founded in 1907) consolidated with Billings Clinic in 1990 to form the current hospital. Billings Clinic presently employs around 3,400 citizens and is one of the biggest employers in all of Montana. In July 2012, Billings Clinic received a score of 72/100 for patient safety from Consumer Reports, making it the safest hospital out of the 1,159 hospitals rated. Additionally, in January 2013, Billings Clinic was added to the Mayo Clinic Care Network, only the 12th hospital nationally to be added to the network and the only such community system in Montana. Other medical facilities include the Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center, Rimrock Foundation (addiction treatment both inpatient and outpatient), Advanced Care Hospital of Montana (a 40-bed long-term acute-care hospital), South Central Montana Mental Health Center, Billings VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Billings Clinic Research Center (pharmaceutical field trials, osteoporosis are two long-time focuses), Billings MRI, City/County Public Health's Riverstone Health, Health - South Surgery Center and Physical Therapy offices, Baxter/Travenol Bio - Life plasma compilation center, and many autonomous practices.
The education needs of the City of Billings are served by three school districts: Billings Public Schools, District 3, and Elder Grove School District.
Billings Public Schools consists of 22 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools (Senior High, Skyview High, and West High).
The Billings Catholic Schools operates Billings Central Catholic High School (grades 9 12), St.
Billings Christian Schools serving grades Pre-12 Billings Educational Academy serving grades K-12 Petro Hall at Montana State University Billings Montana State University Billings (MSU Billings) is part of the state college system.
Montana State University Billings was established in 1927 as Eastern Montana Normal College to train teachers.
The name was shortened to Eastern Montana College in 1949, and it was given its present name when the Montana State University System reorganized in 1994. The college offers associate/bachelor's/master's degrees and certificates in various fields such as business, education, and medicine. Currently around 5,000 students attend MSU Billings. City College at MSU Billings was established in 1969 as the Billings Vocational-Technical Education Center.
It was officially consolidated with MSU Billings (then known as Eastern Montana College) in 1994. The name was changed to the present name in 2012. It is known as the "comprehensive two-year college arm" of MSU Billings, and presently offers degrees and programs in a range of fields including automotive, business, computer technology, and nursing. Rocky Mountain College (or RMC) was established in 1878. The ground that would later turn into RMC was originally known as the Billings Polytechnic Institute, and in 1947, the BPI joined with the Montana Collegiate Institute in Deer Lodge (Montana's first institution of higher learning) and Intermountain Union College in Helena to form one entity, with students changing the name in 1947 to Rocky Mountain College. During the 2013 fall semester, there were 1,068 students attending Rocky Mountain College. There are presently 50 majors offered in 24 different fields including art, education, music, psychology, and theater. RMC is presently affiliated with the United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church, and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Yellowstone Baptist College is a small private Christian college positioned in Billings.
Billings Public Library Billings Studio Theater Billings Symphony Orchestra Activities in and around Billings include hiking, modern climbing, skiing, mountain climbing, fishing, disc golf, the Downtown Skateboard Park, boating, motorcycle trails, golf, mountain biking, rappelling, extensive walking and bike trails, art walks, concerts, food fairs and rodeos.
Magic City Blues Festival: August in Downtown Billings Burn the Point (classic car show): September in Downtown Billings Christmas Parade in Downtown Billings: November 24 The Christmas Stroll in Downtown Billings: December With eight microbreweries in the urbane area, Billings has more breweries than any improve in Montana.
Another close-by brewery, Red Lodge Ales Brewing Co., is positioned in Red Lodge. Downtown Billings also has a distillery that makes a range of handcrafted spirits.
Trailhead Spirits is positioned in the former train depot complex. The newest small-town brewery, Canyon Creek Brewery, opened at the end of 2013 on Billings' west end. Main article: Media in Billings, Montana Billings is the biggest media market in Montana and Wyoming.
Billings is serviced by a range of print media.
Newspaper service includes the Billings Gazette, which is a daily morning broadsheet journal printed in Billings, Montana, and owned by Lee Enterprises.
The paper prints in three editions: the state edition, which circulates in most of Eastern Montana and all of South Central Montana; the Wyoming edition, which circulates in Northern Wyoming; and the town/city edition, which circulates in Yellowstone County.
Billings also has a several improve magazines including Magic City Magazine and Yellowstone Valley Woman. The Billings region is served by four primary non-news tv stations, two primary news tv stations, one improve tv station, four PBS channels and a several Low-Power Television (LPTV) channels.
The Billings region is also served by twenty-two commercial airways broadcasts and Yellowstone Public Radio (NPR). Billings Bulls, a North American 3 Hockey League Tier III junior hockey team Great American Championship Motorcycle Hill Climb billed as "The Oldest, Richest and Biggest Motorcycle Hill Climb in the United States" In 2007, the naming rights were sold to Billings-based Rimrock Auto Group and the arena now goes by the name Rimrock Auto Arena at Metra - Park, it is still owned by the City of Billings and Yellowstone County.
These days, the Shrine host nationwide shows that might not be able to play Billings if it were not for this lesser cost effective venue.
Cobb Field was titled after Bob Cobb, who was responsible for bringing experienced baseball with the Mustangs to Billings.
In 2006, Billings voters allowed $12 million to be spent on constructing a new multi-use sports facility.
The new park debuted on June 29, 2008, when the Billings Scarlets faced the Bozeman Bucks in American Legion regular season play.
It is positioned adjoining to Billings Senior High.
Centennial Ice Arena is home to the Billings Amateur Hockey League, Figure Skating Clubs, Adult Hockey & the Junior A Billings Bulls.
Babcock Theater is a 750-seat performing arts theater in Billings, Montana.
More widely famous citizens who have lived in Billings include: Tom Stout, former Congressman from Montana and editorial writer for the Billings Gazette Not In Our Town improve based accomplishment to stop hate crimes in Billings in the mid-1990s The USS Billings (LCS-15), a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy, is titled after the town/city of Billings.
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