September 2024
East Side School to Art Deco Hub
Hawthorne School is a familiar sight to both locals and visitors alike. It sits at the prominent corner of Rouse and Mendenhall streets, visible to anyone heading into downtown from the north side or heading towards the Bridger mountains from Main…
September 2024
Jessica Cairoli, photos by Angie Ripple
September is a busy time of year in Gallatin Valley, with summer drawing to a close and back to school activities in full swing; even for those of us who aren’t going back. You don’t have to be one of the over 16,000 Montana State…
September 2024
Tim Ford
While this article often focuses on the Bozeman market, the community of Belgrade is an integral part of the Gallatin Valley. Therefore, this month, we will take a look at how the real estate market is faring in Belgrade.
From January 1st through…
September 2024
Rachel Phillips
As automobiles became popular and affordable for Bozeman’s middle class in the first half of the twentieth century, a new type of business emerged that changed the local cityscape. Automobile service stations sprouted up around Bozeman –…
September 2024
Kevin Brustuen
The land, the earth and sky. Spending my younger years on a farm growing wheat and hay, and raising cattle in a pasture with a lazy creek running through the middle, it seemed like there was nothing more healthy and comfortable than the smell of…
September 2024
Sydney Jones
Hosting a good atmosphere, excellent patrons, and incredible musicians, Grey Dog Bar came into town and swept away the competition. This bar quickly established itself as the energetic downtown Bozeman place to see, and be seen. Although fairly new…
September 2024
Have you ever wondered how you can make a real, lasting impact in your community? Big Brothers Big Sisters of Big Sky Country is on a mission to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. And…
September 2024
Fall is right around the corner, and our streams and lakes will cool off in time for some shoulder-season fishing. This time of year will be fitting for the Montana State University Library to showcase its 2024 Trout Lecture. This year’s…
September 2024
Ken Walcheck
I’m a member of the Silent Generation, (1927-1945), a slice of history sandwiched between the Great Generation (1901-1926), and the Baby Boomers, (1946-1964).A 1951 essay in Time magazine coined people in the 1927-1945 age group as the Silent…
August 2024
Angie Ripple
August is nostalgic for me… it’s the month when I moved to Bozeman twenty-nine years ago. I had visited only once, for orientation at MSU over a very hot few days earlier that summer. I absolutely relate to anyone who has moved here…
