Under new ownership, the mill survived the depressed 1920s while increased tourism justified expansion of the Northern Pacific passenger depot. The Joseph Vollmer family and Nelson Story’s grandson, Malcolm, expanded the livestock business during the Great Depression and WWII, adding processing plants and auction yards.
The district’s varied elements today reflect the regional industry, agriculture, and railroad technology that sustained Bozeman’s growth from 1882 to 1945 and underscore the Story family’s important legacy. More recently, Nelson Story and his historic cattle drive served as partial inspiration for Larry McMurtry’s fictional saga, Lonesome Dove.
Lived in Big Sky and all sorts of Bozeman relatives. Love your story.
Great area if it doesn’t out grow it’s beauty.
I could not believe the growth on the last visit. Hopefully, it will not become another Calgary that has townhouses spread right up to the border of Banff NP.