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Figure 2 Belgrade was
named by a Serbian
capitalist from Belgrade
(now Yugoslavia), who in
1883 was a special guest on
the train to the last spike
ceremony for the Northern
Pacific railroad. Belgrade is
now essentially a suburb of
Bozeman.
Figure 3 Bozeman was named in honor of John Bozeman, trailblazer and guide, who
led the first train of immigrants into the Gallatin Valley in 1864. This cover shows
Bozeman’s first postmark. Usages of 1869 stamps such as the 3¢ locomotive on this
cover are not commonly found on covers from Montana Territory.
Figure 4 The duplex
postmark on this postal
card shows one of several
variations in the spelling of
Phillipsburgh. The town,
named for a popular
mining superintendent,
Philip Deidesheimer,
variously spelled the name
with one or two “L’s” and
with or without the final
“H” at the end. In 1894
the post office settled on
the official spelling used
today,
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