Bozeman Magazine

Evaluating Bozeman's NCOD

Courtney Kramer

The City of Bozeman is evaluating the regulatory component of our community’s historic preservation program. Established in 1991, the City’s Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District (NCOD) is a locally- adopted zoning district that…

Bozeman’s Historic Street Trees

Courtney Kramer

April 24, 2015 is Arbor Day. What began as an initiative to plant soil-conserving windbreaks in Nebraska in 1872 has grown into an international effort to plant and maintain trees. The City’s Forestry Department is an important partner in…

Topography and the Evolution of Bozeman’s Sewerage, Part II

Courtney Kramer

  This article tells the story of the second phase of the City of Bozeman’s sewerage development. Part one was published in the February 2015 Bozeman Magazine. As noted in Part I of this article, of the many tax-payer funded public works…

Preservation Retrospective

Courtney Kramer

At the end of 2014, I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the productivity and quiet successes of Bozeman’s historic preservation program over the last year. After years of work, a number of projects finally came to fruition which will…

Interview with Ken Egan Jr. Montana 1864: Indians, Emigrants, and Gold in the Territorial Year

Jean Conover

As I tiptoed up the stairs at the Country Bookshelf to hear Ken Egan Jr. talk I could hear his friendly voice wafting down answering a question from the audience about his new book, Montana 1864, which chronicles the year Montana became a U.S…

Historic District Spotlight:

Topography and the Evolution of Bozeman’s Sewerage, Part I

Courtney Kramer

Of the many tax payer funded public works projects built by the City of Bozeman, none is more integral to protecting the public’s health, safety and welfare than the sanitary sewer system. As growth continues to the west, the Public Works…

The Real John Bozeman With sneaky ways and low morals

Kent Goodman

Nelson Story erected a monument to Bozeman at Sunset Hills Cemetery, where it can still be seen next to the Story plot.

Hibernate with the Animals in Yellowstone This Winter

You're Invited

Bev Hosford

Yin and Yang. Pleasure and Pain. Hot and Cold. Contrast makes the world go-round. In Yellowstone National Park, the thermogenic effects beneath the earth, mix with the cold wintry air and create quite the concoction. In his book, Grizzlies on my…

Historic District Spotlight:

Main Street Hospitality

Courtney Kramer

A handful of new hotels are under construction in downtown Bozeman, three of which directly impact a historic structure. Kenyon Noble, built in 1957 on Mendenhall Street, has been demolished to make way for an Element by Westin. Across Mendenhall…

An Early Bozeman Christmas

Kent Goodman

Probably the first group to celebrate Christmas in Montana were in the Bitterroot Mountains, where a group of rugged trappers had gathered in Fort McMillan.

Interview with B. Derek Strahn

The Montana Medicine Show’s Genuine Montana History

Jean Conover

Part-Vaudeville Show, Part-Drugstore, Part-Circus-on-Wheels

Robert Shetterly to Keynote Bozeman Martin Luther King Day Celebration

The event will be held on Tuesday, January 20, at 7:00 PM at the Crawford Theater in the Emerson.

Preservation Retrospective 2014

Courtney Kramer

At the end of 2014, I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the productivity and quiet successes of Bozeman’s historic preservation program over the last year. After years of work, a number of projects finally came to fruition which will…

Cooper Park part 2

Courtney Kramer

The Cooper Park Historic District is a tangible reminder of Bozeman’s amazing transformation between 1883 and 1945.