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Billings

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located in S central Montana on Yellowstone River; metropolis of "Midland Empire"; prospered after arrival of railroad in 1883; flourished with development cattle industry & irrigated agriculture.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994);

Born

Abbie Miller (American, born 1981)

Wendy Red Star (American and Apsa'alooke, born 1981)

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