Miles
City, Montana is a town built around western
tradition.
Miles City is part modern convenience and part western frontier with its historic downtown area. Being the county seat of Custer County, it is an important intersection in eastern Montana. It sits along the side of Interstate 94 (east-west) with state highway 59 going north and south. Miles City sits in the valley where the Yellowstone and Tongue Rivers join. It is the travel center point between Denver, Colorado and Calgary to the north. It has a long history with the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad.
Miles City also has an airport northwest of town that hosts commuter jet service with Big Sky Airlines as well as private planes. The Miles City Municipal Airport can offer air charter & sales, flying lessons, and medical flight service.
This airport is also called the Frank Wiley Field Airport. The public airport has two asphalt runways over 5,600 feet long, plane hangars, and sits at an elevation of 2, 630 feet northwest of downtown.
Miles City began as a rough, makeshift camp of cabins, but eventually became an established western military fort. During the late 1800’s, people referred to this camp as Miles Town after the fort commander. The fort commander was General Nelson Miles. This camp eventually became known as Miles City. Texas cattle drives brought livestock to the area to feed on the open grasslands before being sold. The Northern Pacific Railroad began shipping cattle and crops to market from Miles City in 1881 making it a transportation center for both ranchers and farmers.
Miles City is the banking center for eastern Montana with several banks and credit unions and has a population between 8,000 and 8,500 people. Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility for male juveniles is located at 4 North Hayes Avenue. It has a 120-bed capacity for boys aged 10 to 17. The city public library is located on One South10 Tenth Street and is closed on Sunday and Monday.
Miles Community College began as Custer County Junior College in 1939. The name was changed to MCC in 1966. The campus is located at 2715 Dickinson, Miles City,Mt. 59301. In July of 2006, Stefani Gray Hicswa became the seventh president of MCC. Miles Community College is one of three community campuses in the state of Montana. Custer County District High School is the only high school. Washington Middle School teach grades seven and eight. The four elementary schools are Jefferson, Garfield, Lincoln, and Highland Park.
The town shows off its western heritage each year with the Eastern Montana Fair in August. It hosts a carnival, tractor pull, exhibits, demolition derby, and a rodeo over a four-day period. Miles City is also well known for its Bucking Horse Sale. In 2008,
It will be held May 16, 17, and 18. Campsites can be found at the fairgrounds. Tickets for the event can be purchased through the Miles City Chamber of Commerce.
Miles City is part modern convenience and part western frontier with its historic downtown area. Being the county seat of Custer County, it is an important intersection in eastern Montana. It sits along the side of Interstate 94 (east-west) with state highway 59 going north and south. Miles City sits in the valley where the Yellowstone and Tongue Rivers join. It is the travel center point between Denver, Colorado and Calgary to the north. It has a long history with the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad.
Miles City also has an airport northwest of town that hosts commuter jet service with Big Sky Airlines as well as private planes. The Miles City Municipal Airport can offer air charter & sales, flying lessons, and medical flight service.
This airport is also called the Frank Wiley Field Airport. The public airport has two asphalt runways over 5,600 feet long, plane hangars, and sits at an elevation of 2, 630 feet northwest of downtown.
Miles City began as a rough, makeshift camp of cabins, but eventually became an established western military fort. During the late 1800’s, people referred to this camp as Miles Town after the fort commander. The fort commander was General Nelson Miles. This camp eventually became known as Miles City. Texas cattle drives brought livestock to the area to feed on the open grasslands before being sold. The Northern Pacific Railroad began shipping cattle and crops to market from Miles City in 1881 making it a transportation center for both ranchers and farmers.
Miles City is the banking center for eastern Montana with several banks and credit unions and has a population between 8,000 and 8,500 people. Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility for male juveniles is located at 4 North Hayes Avenue. It has a 120-bed capacity for boys aged 10 to 17. The city public library is located on One South10 Tenth Street and is closed on Sunday and Monday.
Miles Community College began as Custer County Junior College in 1939. The name was changed to MCC in 1966. The campus is located at 2715 Dickinson, Miles City,Mt. 59301. In July of 2006, Stefani Gray Hicswa became the seventh president of MCC. Miles Community College is one of three community campuses in the state of Montana. Custer County District High School is the only high school. Washington Middle School teach grades seven and eight. The four elementary schools are Jefferson, Garfield, Lincoln, and Highland Park.
The town shows off its western heritage each year with the Eastern Montana Fair in August. It hosts a carnival, tractor pull, exhibits, demolition derby, and a rodeo over a four-day period. Miles City is also well known for its Bucking Horse Sale. In 2008,
It will be held May 16, 17, and 18. Campsites can be found at the fairgrounds. Tickets for the event can be purchased through the Miles City Chamber of Commerce.
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