Founded 1882

also known as "The City under the Rimrocks" (Swiss cheese sandstone - more on them
later)
Custer's LAst stand (1886) at Little Bighorn Battlefield -- you can get a tour of
the battle field today from the Crow indians, who give their own perspective on the
encounter.
Near YellowStone Park
The drive to YellowStone is called the "most beautiful drive in america" even
today.
"Medicine Rocks" - Sandstone rocks towering over the plains that looks like swiss
cheese
Close to the "Badlands" ('Mako sica' in lakota) there's a 'Makoshika' state park
where you can see excavated Dinosaur Fossils - some really impressive ones for the
Hadrosaur, T-Rex and Triceratops were found there.
If you're curious why they're called the badlands - extreme temperatures, no water,
rugged terrain (steep slopes, almost all stone (no plants), and when it *does* rain
- it floods through the areas between rocks in deadly torrents) - it all adds up to
not a great place to hang out - but it is beautiful!

CALAMITY JANE!!!

Lewis and Clark explored it in 1806

could just about cut&paste this start of this site:

http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ct.005

"Billings, the city was founded in 1882. The Railroad formed the city as a western
railhead for its further westward expansion. At first the new town had only three
buildings but within just a few months it had grown to over 2,000 -- from this
*incredibly* rapid growth it earned the nickname "The Magic City"

Colonized by roman catholic missionaries following the trappers and hunters who'd
been living there (semi unofficially / off the land) the missionaries established
Saint Mary's Mission, promoted agriculture and built a sawmill... though it was
the mining there that brought much of the boom growth.

Nother nice write up (talks about how the steam boat and the river really
contributed):
https://www.jstor.org/page-scan-delivery/get-page-scan/41441145/0