October 2024
Attempting to Solve a Historical Mystery
Rachel Phillips
The old 1911 Gallatin County Jail on Main Street is full of secrets. During its seventy-year use, the castle-like structure housed thousands of unwilling occupants during some of the grimmest times of their lives. When prisoners were relocated to a…
October 2024
Can you imagine a Bozeman with less plastic pollution? It would be a city without plastic bags catching on trees, floating down creeks, and clogging storm drains—as well as a city without polystyrene foam fragments in the bushes and street…
October 2024
As the vibrant hues of autumn begin to paint the landscape and cooler temperatures settle in, it’s time for homeowners to shift their focus from summer fun to preparing their homes for the winter months. Fall is the perfect season to tackle…
October 2024
Eudora Eller
The case of Kaysera Stops Pretty Places, an 18-year-old girl from Big Horn County, Montana, is a real-life case study of the systemic failure and severe injustices faced by Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), not only in Montana but across…
October 2024
Jessica Cairoli, photos by Lindsey Hove
Everyone knows it’s impossible not to fall in love with Montana; whether you’re just passing through or have called the beautiful state home for years, its stunning mountains, expansive skies, and friendly inhabitants are guaranteed to…
October 2024
Angie Ripple
If you’re an avid reader of Bozeman Magazine, you may have noticed that I took a break from writing the letter from the editor for quite a few months, mostly due to burn out. We’ve been publishing every month for over 200 months; with a…
September 2024
Angie Ripple
Welcome to the September issue of Bozeman Magazine, where we have collected an armful of local content created by contributing writers, mostly based on a back-to-school theme. In each issue, we include at least one historical article looking at…
September 2024
Alison Sweeney
As I drive around town and see one after another, of these vapid five-story box buildings taking over neighborhoods of diverse hand-crafted homes, I notice the signs for the design build firms that are responsible. A quick google shows that a…
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
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…
