Montana Mainstreets: A Guide To Historic Bozeman

Montana Mainstreets: A Guide To Historic Bozeman by Jenks, Jim. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780972152235.

Founded in the 1860s on an important emigrant route to the territorys gold camps, Bozeman, Montana, grew rapidly from frontier farming settlement into a bustling center of commerce. The arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1883 and the establishment of the Montana State College twenty years later secured the towns bright future. As the Bozeman prospered, substantial buildings of brick and stone grew up along its Main Street and in its newly platted neighborhoods. Today, the towns historic center, substantial public buildings, and charming homes remain a vibrant part of the community.