MONTANA STATE INFORMATION

December 17th, 2025

categories: BOZEMAN MONTANA, MARKET NEWS, MONTANA SKI RESORTS, MONTANA STATE INFORMATION

Dec 12, 2025 – Apr. 11, 2026 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 […]

December 2nd, 2025

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History of Belgrade, MT, 8th Largest City in Montana, in Gallatin County Belgrade Real Estate Listings – In 2025 Belgrade, Montana’s Population, ~ 14,025 – Nickname, “Princess of the Prairies” In 1882 Thomas B. Quaw, an entrepreneur, located land about ten miles west of Bozeman, MT along the newly surveyed Northern Pacific right-of-way. According to […]

September 25th, 2025

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Livingston, Montana History – Yellowstone River – Livingston MT Real Estate Between the Gallatin and Crazy Mountain Ranges and abutting the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Livingston, Montana (Latitude, 45.66 N; Longitude, 110.56 W; Elevation, 4503′) is nestled along the free-flowing, Yellowstone River, one of the world’s longest, undammed rivers. For centuries, this region, which includes the extraordinary […]

September 24th, 2025

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Montana Real Estate Transfer Tax* Montana is one of 15 states that does NOT have a real estate transfer tax, but, instead, parties to a Montana real estate transaction must file a Realty Transfer Certificate, required by Montana law. Other states without realty transfer taxes: Alaska, (California†), Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, […]

September 17th, 2025

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Gallatin Gateway Montana History – Gallatin Gateway, MT Real Estate The Gallatin Gateway, Montana (aka Salesville and Slabtown) (Lat 45.5915958, Long -111.1977304) community, 13 miles SW of Bozeman, Montana, is 5.92miles within a 2502 mile region in the SW corner of Montana’s Gallatin River Valley. The town of Gallatin Gateway, Montana is located along U.S. Route 191 in […]

September 17th, 2025

categories: MARKET NEWS, MONTANA RANCHES, MONTANA REAL ESTATE, MONTANA STATE INFORMATION

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 […]

September 17th, 2025

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Montana Homestead Declaration 2025*† Does Montana Have a Homestead Exemption? – How To File Homestead Rights in Montana To be eligible to file for up to $409,450* equity protection in 2025 with a Montana Homestead Declaration, a person’s subject property must be his/her primary residence. A “homestead” is the house, cabin, or mobile home in […]

September 2nd, 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 […]

May 21st, 2025

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Helena is Montana’s capitol city. Originally know as “Crabtown,” for John Crab. Helena, MT was established October 30, 1864 and is near the Great Missouri River. Helena, Montana Yesterday and Today Four miners from Georgia, John Crab, John Cowan, Daniel Jackson Miller, and Reginald/Robert Stanley (the “Four Georgians“) found placer gold (quartz gold, silver, and lead, too) […]

March 24th, 2025

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Quick Primer On Montana Property Taxes* – Bozeman Property Taxation All Montana properties are appraised at market value by the Montana Department of Revenue (DOR) Gallatin County Mill Value*  – Calculate Your Mill Levy* Mock calculation to determine property taxes in Bozeman, Montana. Let’s calculate a property tax using a Bozeman home that has recently appraised […]