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Four monuments have been erected in Gallatin County,
impressive ceremonies marking their dedication or unveiling. On
August 8, 1914, a monument unveiled in Bozeman was erected.
"In commemoration of the organization of the
Territory of Montana, May 26, 1864, and of the admission of the
territory to the union of states, November 6, 1889. Erected August
8, 1914, by the Society of Montana Pioneers, assembled in annual
reunion." The reunion that year marked the Golden and Silver Jubilee
of Montana, and the Golden Jubilee for Bozeman, the city being
officially named August 9, 1864.
The Montana Daughters of the American Revolution
placed a bronze tablet on a huge boulder donated by J. Q. Adams, in
the city of Three Forks, in October 1914, "In patriotic memory of
Sacajawea, an Indian woman, whose heroic courage, steadfast devotion
and splendid loyalty in acting as guide across the Rocky Mountains
made it possible for the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-1806 to
occupy an important place in the history of the Republic."
The Mount Hyalite chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution of Bozeman, in 1923, placed a bronze tablet on
an immense boulder at the east end of Main Street on the corner of
Buttonwood Avenue, on the Yellowstone trail, marking, "The trail of
the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805." The chapter secured the
boulder from Gallatin Canyon with the aid of the county
commissioners of Gallatin County.
On the sixtieth anniversary of the establishing of
Fort Ellis as a military post three miles east of Bozeman, Mount
Hyalite chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of
Bozeman, on August 27, 1927, unveiled a monument on the site of the
abandoned post, with a bronze plate they had placed on a large stone
secured from Gallatin Canyon, recording that: "Captain William Clark
of the Lewis and Clark expedition encamped here, July 14, 1806, with
his valuable guide, Sacajawea, her husband Charbonneau, their son
Baptiste, and the following men: Pryor, Shields, Shannon, Bratton,
Hall, Windsor, Gibson, Labiche and York, the slave." This monument
is on the Yellowstone trail.
Cemeteries in County
There are cemeteries in or near Bozeman, Manhattan,
Belgrade, Three Forks, Willow Creek and Gallatin Gateway, and in
some rural districts, including Reese Creek, Springhill and East
Gallatin, but the largest and among the most beautiful cemeteries in
Montana is the
Sunset Hills
Cemetery of Bozeman, used by people of
all parts of Gallatin County, by people of other parts of Montana,
and sometimes by people of other states former residents of the
valley, who bring their loved ones to this spot for their final
resting place.
The original plot for the Bozeman cemetery, to which many acres have
since been added, was a five-acre plot purchased and presented to
the city in 1872, by Lord Blackmore. He and Lady Blackmore of
England were traveling in Montana, and while he was starting on a
trip through Yellowstone Park, Lady Blackmore remained in Bozeman,
where she died suddenly. Her husband decided to have the burial
here, in accordance with an agreement made by the couple in their
travels. In appreciation of the kindness of the people of the city,
Lord Blackmore purchased the plot from the Rouse brothers, had the
burial for his wife, presented the ground to the city for a
cemetery, and later had a monument erected at his wife's grave. On
this monument, the Bozeman Cemetery Board, a few years ago, had an
appropriately engraved copper plate placed.
The remains of John M. Bozeman, for whom the city
was named, are buried in this cemetery, a monument at his grave
being erected by Nelson Story.
The Masonic lodges and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows have their sections in the Sunset Hills Cemetery, and in
1930, a tract was set aside for the people of the Holy Rosary
Catholic Church, who expect, in time, to move the bodies from their
Holy Cross Cemetery northwest of Bozeman to this section.
Arrangements are being made to set apart a section for the burial of
war veterans and their families. Ground has been purchased south and
east of the present grounds used for the cemetery, rented at present
for farming purposes, to be added to Sunset Hills Cemetery as needed
in the future.
Present Cemeteries in Gallatin County
(Links to
MTGenWeb Archives)
Black Cemetery
Brondel Catholic Cemetery, Bozeman
Courts Cemetery, Belgrade
Dry Creek Cemetery, Horseshoe Creek
East Gallatin Cemetery, Belgrade
Edens Cemetery, Beacon Point
Fairview Cemetery, Three Forks SE
Fir Ridge Cemetery, Richards Creek
Fly Cemetery, Horseshoe Creek
Gallatin Gateway Cemetery, Gallatin Gateway
Headwaters Cemetery, Logan
Hills Cemetery, Anceney
Holy Cross Cemetery (Old Catholic Cemetery)
Holy Rosary Cemetery, Bozeman
Holland Settlement Hill Cemetery
Little Holland Cemetery, Anceney
Logan Cemetery, Logan
Meadowview Cemetery, Manhattan
Morgan Cemetery, Blacktail Mountain
Mount Green Cemetery, Willow Creek
Red Bluff Cemetery
Reese Creek Cemetery, Belgrade
Reese Creek Mormon Cemetery
Sappington Cemetery, Sappington
Sedan Cemetery, Sedan
Soldiers Chapel Cemetery, Gallatin Peak
Springhill Cemetery, Miser Creek
Stateler Cemetery, Willow Creek
Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman
Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bozeman
Three Forks Cemetery
Timberline Cemetery, Bozeman Pass
Walker Cemetery, Miser Creek
Williams Family Burial Ground
Willow Creek Cemetery, Willow Creek |
