November 2014
Courtney Kramer
The Cooper Park Historic District is a tangible reminder of Bozeman’s amazing transformation between 1883 and 1945.
October 2014
Kathleen Johns
I look down to notice a second set of footprints on the freshly mopped floor going in the opposite direction of my tracks.
September 2014
Courtney Kramer
Bozeman took advantage of Depression-era Public Works Administration funding to construct new schools.
August 2014
Summer 2014 marks Bozeman’s 150th birthday, also known as a sesquicentennial
Courtney Kramer
John Bozeman (1835-1867), left his wife and three daughters in Pickens County, Georgia in 1858 to participate in the Colorado gold rush.
August 2014
Sweet Pea From Carnival to Festival
Angie Ripple
Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley have been known as the valley of the flowers since only native Americans roamed the area. In the early 1900’s over 17,000 acres of the valley were planted in edible peas harvested both for canning and seed. In…
July 2014
Growing up and returning to Bozeman.
Fritz Shallah
Aah! “Montana; The Last Best Place.” I left here before it was “discovered”, when a resort at Big Sky was still Chet Huntley’s “folly” and MSU was a small, aggie college.
July 2014
Sarah Cairoli
Several businesses became established near the railroad tracks, including the Bozeman Canning Company in 1917.
July 2014
Meals on Wheels
Rick Gale
Every August, like clockwork, Bear #88 made his way through Pelican Valley and into Fishing Bridge Campground.
July 2014
Courtney Kramer
The Gallatin County Free High School, located at 308 West Main Street and known locally as East Willson School, will be adaptively reused into residential condominium units.
June 2014
Courtney Kramer
Tourism has shaped Bozeman’s history in a number of ways, from the establishment of a cemetery in 1872 to the City’s acquisition of the beloved Bogert Park in the late 1920’s.
