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Timeline Of Billings, Montana
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Billings, Montana, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

  • 1877 – Homesteaders arrive.
  • 1882
    • March 24, 1882: Incorporation date of the Minnesota and Montana Land and Improvement Company.
    • First church established.
    • Billings Depot built.
    • Billings Herald newspaper begins publication.
    • Billings Cemetery established.
  • 1883
    • Coulson-Billings street railway begins operating.
    • Billings Fire Brigade organized.
  • 1885 – Billings Daily Gazette newspaper begins publication.
  • 1889 – Town becomes part of new State of Montana.
  • 1891 – The Weekly Times newspaper begins publication.

20th century

21st century

  • 2000 – Population: 89,847.
  • 2002 – Skypoint awning/sculpture installed.
  • 2007 – Billings Dharma Center dedicated.
  • 2008 – Dehler Park (stadium) opens.
  • 2009
    • Magic City Rollers roller derby league formed.
    • Tom Hanel becomes mayor.
  • 2010
  • 2011 – July: Oil pipeline bursts near city.
  • 2012
  • 2014 – New public library built.
  • 2017 – Bill Cole becomes mayor.
  • 2020 – Population: 117,116.
  • 2022 – Shrine Auditorium reopens as the Eagle Seeker Community Center.
  • 2023 – Rocky Vista University Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine opens.
  • 2024
    • Inner Belt Loop (Skyway Drive) completed.
    • Billings Logan International Airport adds 3 gates and 4 jet bridges.

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References

  1. ^ Wishart 2004.
  2. ^ "Minnesota and Montana Land and Improvement Company". opencorporates.com. OpenCorporates. 31 March 2023. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  4. ^ Campbell 1915.
  5. ^ "Parmly Billings Library". City of Billings. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  6. ^ American Library Annual, 1917–1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v.
  7. ^ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, US: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  8. ^ "City of Billings Logan International Airport". City of Billings. Archived from the original on February 13, 2001.
  9. ^ "Yale Oil of South Dakota – Billings Facility". Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Archived from the original on March 28, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  10. ^ "ExxonMobil Billings Refinery" (PDF). ExxonMobil. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  11. ^ "Billings". Billings Gazette. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000.
  12. ^ "Small Jet Crashes in Montana". New York Times. December 19, 1992.
  13. ^ "Montana Women's Prison". Montana Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on March 28, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  14. ^ "Mayor". City of Billings. Archived from the original on September 2, 2000.
  15. ^ "Four Dances". United States Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  16. ^ "Welcome to Billings Montana". Archived from the original on 1999-01-25 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  17. ^ Ednor Therriault (2010), Montana Curiosities, Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press
  18. ^ Pluralism Project. "Billings, Montana". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  19. ^ "Magic City Rollers". Billings, MT. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  20. ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  21. ^ "Tornado Tears Through City in Montana". New York Times. June 20, 2010.
  22. ^ "Ruptured Montana Pipeline Was Shut Down Before". New York Times. July 3, 2011. Exxon Mobil pipeline
  23. ^ "Montana Courthouse Dedicated". United States Courts. September 27, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  24. ^ Fong, Stella (2014). "Turning the Page with the New Billings Public Library". Yellowstone Valley Woman. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  25. ^ Nile, Amy (March 10, 2024). "Native American Development Corporation launches $33M expansion project in Billings". Billings Gazette. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  26. ^ Pyburn, Evelyn (February 7, 2023). "Rocky Vista Begins Classes". Big Sky Business Journal. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  27. ^ "Billings celebrates opening of Inner Belt Loop/Skyway Drive connecting Heights and West End". Q2 News. June 7, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  28. ^ Conlon, Casey (April 19, 2024). "Billings-Logan Airport completes terminal expansion; will it attract passengers?". Q2 News. Scripps Media. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

Bibliography

  • Kliewer, Waldo O. "The Foundations of Billings, Montana." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 31.3 (1940): 255–283. online
  • Van West, Carroll. Capitalism on the frontier: Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the nineteenth century (U of Nebraska Press, 1993) online.
  • George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Billings, Montana", World Encyclopedia of Cities, vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, OL 1431653M (fulltext via Open Library)
  • David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Billings, Montana". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
  • Hardt, Mark D. "The Emergence of a Competitive Core: Bifurcation Dynamics in Billings, Montana." in Downtowns: Revitalizing the Centers of Small Urban Communities (2013).
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