Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame

A mockup of the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame specialty license plate.

The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) hall of fame organization. Its stated goal is to ""To honor our cowboy way of life, American Indian cultures, and our collective Montana western heritage.[1] It confers the honour of induction on an annual list of distinguished individuals.[2] At present, the organization lacks a permanent physical museum, but was granted statutory recognition by the Montana State Legislature in 2003 and 2011.[3] Fundraising efforts include a specialty car license plate,[4] The hall of fame was granted US$0.5 million in state funds for site development and project planning during a 2007 special session of the legislature.[5][6][7]

A previous proposal was to be located in Wolf Point, Montana, as designated by the State of Montana in 2003.[8] But the Big Timber location was selected in part due to its proximity to Interstate 90, proximity to other tourist destinations such as Yellowstone National Park and lower construction costs.[7]

  1. ^ "About Us". Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame announces 2016 class". Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Services, Dale Matheson, Montana Legislative. "1-1-525. Montana cowboy hall of fame". leg.mt.gov. Retrieved September 20, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame - Montana Department of Justice". Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "House Bill No. 4" (PDF). State of Montana. May 12, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
  6. ^ Green, Staci (May 25, 2007). "Cowboy hall of fame gets $500,000". Wolf Point Herald-News. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
  7. ^ a b "A Vision for our Future" (PDF). Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  8. ^ "Montana Annotated Code, Sec. 1-1-525 Montana cowboy hall of fame -- Wolf Point". State of Montana. 2005. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2007.