City of Miles City Official Slogans through the Years

1. Miles City - Cow Capital of the West (1882)
2. Miles City - Welcome German Soldiers(very short time in 1916)
3. Miles City - We are Winning and/or Won the War! (1917)
4. Miles City - Cow Capital of the West (1919)
5. Miles City - Paris of Eastern Montana(very very short time during 1943)
6. Miles City - We are Winning and/or Won the War! (1944)
7. Miles City - We won the War! (1945)
8. Miles City - Cow Capital of the West (1947)
9. Miles City - Welcome Korean Soldiers (very short time in 1950)
10. Miles City - We are Winning and/or Won the War! (1951)
11. Miles City - We Won the War, We Think! (1953)
12. Miles City - Smiles City (1962)
13. Miles City - No Hippies Here! (1965)
14. Miles City - Just Like Billings, But Better (for a short time during 1969)
15. Miles City - No In-Door Swimming or New High Schools Here! (1975)
16. Miles City - Cow Capital of the West (since 1976)


**Stole the concept from TV show "Parks and Recreation"

You seriously need more to do at the office.

Uh-oh...

"Miles City. At least it isn't Glendive."

"Let's Drive to Glendive!"

Miles City: The town you grow up in, can't wait to get out of, and then totally fantasize about moving back to because you're too old to remember what it's really like.

Miles City: Soap opera of eastern Montana!

Miles City....30 below keeps the riff raff away !

We were once known as the Horse Capitol of the World before, during and just after WWI. Ft. Keogh was used as a remount station and had some fine thoroughbred stallions they used on grade mares. They sold horses for markets all over the world. The property now known as NeuVeu and Steadman's newly developed property made a giant ring or amphitheater for their purpose. Many horses ran on open range and were gathered periodically for the market. Those wild horses lasted up to the earliest Bucking Horse Sales.

Cool.

How many wild horses are still in MT/WY?

I know of only the "managed" ones by the BLM in the Pryors.

Somewhere I read about a hilarious letter from a British officer during the Boer War who was complaining about the horses supplied them. He felt they were not "broken" to ride and were little better than wild. The horses were supplied through--you guessed it--Fort Keogh. The U.S. Army standards of a broke horse and the British Army standards of a broke horse were at a variance, to say the least.

I still have a Smiles City bumper sticker in my collection.

[This message has been edited by Amorette Allison (2/26/2011)]

What is the slogan currently?

What is the slogan currently?

"Miles City. It tastes like chicken."

I thought it was:

Miles City: a meth lab in every pot.

I think the current one the Chamber uses is "Frontier Friendly," although I haven't heard them use it lately.

Hey, what happened to that rocking MC emoticon?