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About Miles City
Miles City is located on Interstate 94 along the Yellowstone River in Custer County, Montana. Its population is over 8400 inhabitants. After the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 the US army built forts in the eastern part of Montana. One of them was referred as "Milestown" after General Nelson A. Miles. In a few years it turned into "Miles City". After the extension of the railroad, Miles City developed rapidly.
Miles City offers today to the tourists a blend of wild history with rich culture, rustic living with all the modern comforts, real live cowboys with digital infrastructure. Miles city is the ideal tourist destination or the place for retirement.
Many aspects of the city are still reflecting the western character of Montana. Tourists can find here The Custer County Art & Heritage Center, the town's premier art gallery, The Ranger Riders Museum- where are exhibited 400 guns, some vintage cars, wagons and Indian costumes. Tourists can also practice golf around Miles City in a 9-hole golf course, go fishing in the Yellowstone River or hunt. Miles City has 7 parks: Tedesco Park, Riverside Park, Bender Park, Triangle Park, Denton Field, Wild Rose Park and Wibaux Park. At the local book store there is a free to the public amateur music night.
Miles City hosts every year a multitude of events such as the 50 year-old "Miles City Bucking Horse Sale" and the Eastern Montana Fair.
A few notable figures have been born or lived in Miles City: Merle Greene Robertson- a noted art historian and renowned scholar of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization; Walter A. Burleigh- a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives; Maurice Hilleman- a noted microbiologist; George Lynch- a race car driver; Violet Beauregarde- actress, Curt Schmidt- Montreal Expos pitcher; George Winston- a noted American pianist and many others.
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