[Ads-l] Big Sky

[Bill Mullins]

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> Jonathan Lighter

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> Subject:  Big Sky

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> From around 1950, the state of Montana has embraced the promotional

> nickname of "Big Sky Country."  There's even a tourist town called Big Sky.

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> Modern use of the phrase comes from the title of A. B. Guthrie's best-selling

> novel, _The Big Sky_ (1947), filmed in 1952.

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> JL

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OED has 1953 for "Big Sky Country".


1948 Butte MT _Montana Standard_ 12 Nov 13/1 (newspapers.com)
Names considered were "Big Sky Country," "The Big Dome Country," "Montana's Magicland" and several others.



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