February 2019
Kevin Brustuen
Several years ago Mary Orr left Topeka, Kansas, and moved to Bozeman. She left behind 20 years of work in the Topeka theater community. Acting and helping produce live theater was her passion. Arriving in Bozeman on a cold winter day, she…
February 2019
Bozeman in the winter can be an enchanting wonderland of snow, but when you have a young family, it can also be hard to find activities to do indoors without getting cabin fever. Families in the Gallatin Valley are lucky to have a wealth of…
February 2019
Pizza, Tomato Soup and Peanut Butter Pie
Rachel Phillips
From sit-down restaurants to soda fountains, Bozeman has been home to a great variety of tasty hangouts over the past one hundred years. Nothing compares to greasy, finger-licking comfort food, sweet treats, and servers who know your name and your…
February 2019
Tim Ford
In 2018, 1,018 single family homes sold in the areas both inside and outside of Bozeman’s city limits at a median sold price of $456,375. This is compared to 1000 homes sold in 2017 at a median sold price of $409,450, an 11.4% increase in…
January 2019
Tim Ford
Happy New Year! I hope that 2018 was a great year for you and that 2019 will be even better. The Gallatin Valley is a busy place these days. January is a great time to start making goals for the New Year, especially those goals relating to Real…
January 2019
Kevin Brustuen
“Don’t let it be forgot That once upon a spot,For one brief, shining moment That was known as Camelot.”
These immortal words, penned by Alan Lerner and Moss Hart for the Broadway performance of the musical Camelot, were…
January 2019
Prospector, Freighter, Entrepreneur, Inventor, Public Leader, Empire Builder
Cindy Shearer
Walter Cooper was born Independence Day, 1843, in Sterling, New York, the third of six sons to Andrew and Sarah Cooper. By 1845 they had moved to Shiawassee County, Michigan, where tragedy struck the family in 1851 when a boat carrying Andrew and a…
January 2019
How about Organizing the Bookkeeping?
photos by Zach Hoffman
With the new year upon us, a resolution to be more organized frequently is among the most common ways people seek improvement. However, for business managers, “tidying up the books” usually is not the first thing that comes to mind about…
December 2018
Kevin Brustuen
In 1885, the Bozeman Weekly Chronicle reported that the Mountain Pink itinerant acting company gave it as their opinion that Bozeman was behind in its appreciation of theatrical talent, by reason of the lukewarm reception the company had received…
December 2018
Rachel Phillips
In November and December of 1955, the local newspapers were filled with large advertisements from Chambers-Fisher Company. Sometimes comprising an entire page, these ads featured illustrations of popular Christmas gifts and catchy phrases like:…
