Step into Bozeman’s past as we stroll through the cemetery, where community actors will portray historical figures who were buried there many years ago. As you are guided amongst the graves, you’ll meet four fascinating characters brought to life, each sharing their unique stories and legacies. This year among the characters will be Emma Weeks Willson and Bozeman’s first mayor, John Bogert.
Sunday, September 21, 3pm to 5pm at Bozeman’s Sunset Hills Cemetery
Here’s a line-up of our remaining walking tours, hope you can join us for a tour.
Murders, Madams, and Mediums: Bozeman’s Dark Side – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm through September 6, 2025
Where to Meet: The Extreme History Project located at 234 E. Mendenhall Street. Sponsored by The Western Cafe
Ghosts of Bozeman’s Past: Sunset Hills Cemetery – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: Sundays at 4pm through September
Where to Meet: Entrance to Sunset Hills Cemetery, located off of East Main Street directly south of Lindley Park. Sponsored by Dokken-Nelson Funeral Home
Tents to Town: Bozeman’s Historic Main Street – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: Sundays at 1pm
Where to Meet: The Extreme History Project located at 234 E. Mendenhall Street. Sponsored by Moka Boutique
Here’s a line-up of our remaining walking tours, hope you can join us for a tour.
Murders, Madams, and Mediums: Bozeman’s Dark Side – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm through September 6, 2025
Where to Meet: The Extreme History Project located at 234 E. Mendenhall Street. Sponsored by The Western Cafe
Ghosts of Bozeman’s Past: Sunset Hills Cemetery – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: Sundays at 4pm through September
Where to Meet: Entrance to Sunset Hills Cemetery, located off of East Main Street directly south of Lindley Park. Sponsored by Dokken-Nelson Funeral Home
NEW TOUR – Bricks, Bricks, Bricks with Lesley Gilmore – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: August 21, 2025 at 6pm
Where to Meet: The Extreme History Project located at 234 E. Mendenhall Street
Tents to Town: Bozeman’s Historic Main Street – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: Sundays at 1pm
Where to Meet: The Extreme History Project located at 234 E. Mendenhall Street. Sponsored by Moka Boutique
Gracious Gables: Bozeman’s Historic Bon Ton District – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: August 13, 2025 at 6pm
Where to Meet: The Story Mansion located at 811 S. Willson. Sponsored by Dianne Click and Bozeman Brokers
Along the Gallagator: History of the Railway, South Tracy, and More! – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: August 20, 2025 at 6pm
Where to Meet: The south end of the Bozeman Public Library (626 E Main Street) parking lot. Sponsored by Leslie Crismond and Chris Faehl
NEW TOUR – Steps Through History: Bozeman’s South Side Historic Black Community – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: August 14, 2025 at 6pm
Where to Meet: The Extreme History Project located at 234 E. Mendenhall Street
NEW TOUR – Wheatfields, Railroads, and Brewers: Exploring Bozeman’s Historic North Side – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets. When: Saturdays at 1pm on August 9, and August 23, 2025
Where to Meet: Tinworks Art located at 719 N Ida Avenue
Seeking Fortunes: Bozeman’s Historic Chinese Community – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: August 12 and August 26, 2025 at 6pm
Where to Meet: The Extreme History Project located at 234 E. Mendenhall Street. Sponsored by Susan Sewell
Hidden History: Rediscovering Bozeman Creek – Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
When: August 27 at 6pm
Where to Meet: Bozeman City Hall located at 121 N. Rouse Avenue. Sponsored by Bozeman Creek Family Health
A Taste of History: Seeing the Old West Through New Eyes
Elk Horn Ghost Town June 20, click here to register
Butte July 25, click here to register
Virginia City August 23, click here to register
Step into the past with A Taste of History: Seeing the Old West Through New Eyes, a unique Extreme History series of immersive, day-long events that bring fresh perspectives to the stories of the American West. Through guided experiences, historical interpretation, and engaging storytelling, you’ll explore how the settlement of the American West can be understood as both a triumph and a tragedy, depending on perspective.
As you journey through the rich histories of each location, participants will also be treated to bite-sized tastes of historic foods—dishes that people living in these places during the 19th and early 20th centuries would have eaten. Join us in Elkhorn Ghost Town on June 20, Butte on July 25, or Virginia City on August 23. These stand-alone programs run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and offer “tastes” of history throughout the day. Attendees are responsible for arranging their own transportation to each location. Admission is $65 for members and $68 for nonmembers. Come for the stories—stay for the flavors of the historic West.
In Elkhorn Ghost Town on June 20 we will immerse ourselves in the history of this unique Montana mining town, a family-centric community, by touring the Fraternity Hall and the Gillian Hall with particular attention to the architecture. We will visit the Elkhorn cemetery, hearing stories of the people who lived and died in this mining town inhabited by immigrant families. Click here to register!
In Butte, we will visit the Butte-Silver Bow Archives and the Mai Wah Museum to better understand immigrant food preparation and herbal remedies used in early Butte by examining the artifacts that remain to tell the stories. We will focus in on the Chinese and Cornish experiences. Click here to register!
In Virginia City, we will learn about Virginia City entrepreneurs like Sarah Bickford and sisters Minerva and Parthenia Sneed, notable members of the town’s Black community who started a bakery and expansive vegetable gardens that provided food for settlers. We will visit historic locations to better understand this history and learn on the ground where this history happened. Click here to register!
Your guides on these three adventures will be led by Extreme History’s Crystal Alegria and Jennifer Hill, an Associate Teaching Professor at Montana State University with an emphasis on Culinary History, Women’s History, American West, Gender and Reproductive History. Jennifer is the author of Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains. Crystal and Jennifer will be joined by experts at each location, to help tell these stories and interpret the west through storytelling, food experiences and place-based learning.
Sponsored by: Vicky York
Feeling the need to talk about current events and discuss the ramifications of societal/cultural changes?
The Extreme History Project’s new program addresses this need!
Join us on Saturday, May 17th at 1pm during our next History Salon where we will discuss Public Lands with expert Wes Siler. This Salon is free and open to the public but we ask you to register. Please click here to register.
Wes Siler is an Outside Magazine columnist, and adventure travel writer. He teaches a new generation of enthusiasts how to lead more exciting lives outdoors. Wes has contributed to magazines like Wired, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, Outdoor Life, GQ, Road&Track, and Playboy, websites like Jalopnik and Gizmodo, and founded the motorcycle site Hell For Leather and outdoors site IndefinitelyWild. Wes has hosted web shows funded by YouTube and Outside, presented television commercials for brands like Toyota and Aprilia, and appears as a subject matter expert on channels like CNN, CBS, ABC, and Fox News.
Join the discussion and intellectual exchange as we deep dive into the current conversation around public lands.
The goal of this event is to create a space for participants to feel comfortable to ask questions and contribute to the conversation. We ask you to be respectful and open-minded.
Join us for a stroll through Bozeman history with one of our many tours this season! All tours start at the end of May and run through Labor Day. Hope you can join us!
Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm – Murders, Madams and Mediums: Bozeman’s Dark Side. Click here for more information and tickets. Join us for our most popular tour and traverse the back alleys and dark history of Bozeman’s past!
Sundays 1pm – Tents to Town: Bozeman’s Main Street. Click here for more information and tickets. Travel down Bozeman’s historic Main Street with us and learn about the people who built this town and the buildings that reflect that fascinating history!
Sundays 4pm – Ghosts of Bozeman’s Past: Bozeman’s Historic Sunset Hills Cemetery. Click here for tickets. Stroll through beautiful Sunset Hills Cemetery and learn the stories of the men and women who built Bozeman!
Wednesdays at 1pm and Saturdays at 3pm. Join us for an inside tour (no walking) of our new exhibit, Illuminating the Shadowed World of Bozeman’s Historic Red-Light District. Click here for tickets.
And many more tours . . . for all tours, dates, times and to secure tickets . . . follow this link!
The day to GIVE BIG to HISTORY has arrived! Please consider donating to The Extreme History Project over the next 24 hours as part of Give Big Gallatin Valley. Here is a link to donate to Extreme History!
For our GIVE BIG donor lounge this year, you’ll find us at the northside Treeline Coffee (624 N. Wallace) from noon to 4pm on Friday, May 2nd. We are excited to host historic walking tours, see the schedule below. Tours are free of charge, but we encourage you to make a Give Big Donation to Extreme History!
This year you can double your donation up to $8,000 due to the generosity of two donors including Laura Fedro Interiors who donated $6,000 to establish a fund at Extreme History called Western Wise: Honoring Women’s Stories. The second matching donation of $2,000 comes from our long-time volunteer extraordinaire, Susan Sewell! Donate early to have your contribution doubled!
Here is more information on the Western Wise: Honoring Women’s Stories Fund. This fund is dedicated to uplifting the voices, experiences, and legacies of women whose histories have been overlooked or erased. Rooted in the belief that history is richer and more truthful when told through diverse lenses, this fund supports research, storytelling, interpretation, and community-based projects that center women’s contributions. The Western Wise Fund works to reclaim space, amplify unheard narratives, and inspire future generations through the power of women’s history.
As history comes under threat and resources dwindle, Extreme History is going to lean more on our community, and that’s you! If you’ve been on a walking tour, listened to a podcast episode, viewed our exhibits, enjoyed a lecture at the Bozeman Public Library, taken a bus tour with us, enjoyed History After Dark, or attended a workshop or class in our downtown headquarters consider supporting us during Give Big.
Thank you for your continued support of The Extreme History Project, and thank you for Giving Big Gallatin Valley TODAY!!
Friday, May 2nd Tours starting at the NORTHSIDE Treeline Coffee located at 624 N. Wallace.
Noon – Lehrkind Brewery and Mansion with Julia Strehlau Jacobs
1pm – Bon Ton and Misco Mills with Victoria Lyons
2pm – Northern Pacific Depot with Dale Martin
3pm – Bricks, Bricks, Bricks with Lesley Gilmore
Join us May 1-2 for Give Big Gallatin Valley. Extreme History will host a series of unique historic walking tours as part of Give Big Gallatin Valley!
For our GIVE BIG donor lounge this year, you’ll find us at the northside Treeline Coffee (624 N. Wallace) from noon to 4pm on Friday, May 2nd. We are excited to host historic walking tours, see the schedule below. Tours are free of charge, but we encourage you to make a Give Big Donation to Extreme History!
This year you can double your donation up to $8,000 due to the generosity of two donors including Laura Fedro Interiors who donated $6,000 to establish a fund at Extreme History called Western Wise: Honoring Women’s Stories. The second matching donation of $2,000 comes from our long-time volunteer extraordinaire, Susan Sewell! Donate early to have your contribution doubled!
Here is more information on the Western Wise: Honoring Women’s Stories Fund. This fund is dedicated to uplifting the voices, experiences, and legacies of women whose histories have been overlooked or erased. Rooted in the belief that history is richer and more truthful when told through diverse lenses, this fund supports research, storytelling, interpretation, and community-based projects that center women’s contributions. The Western Wise Fund works to reclaim space, amplify unheard narratives, and inspire future generations through the power of women’s history.
As history comes under threat and resources dwindle, Extreme History is going to lean more on our community, and that’s you! If you’ve been on a walking tour, listened to a podcast episode, viewed our exhibits, enjoyed a lecture at the Bozeman Public Library, taken a bus tour with us, enjoyed History After Dark, or attended a workshop or class in our downtown headquarters consider supporting us during Give Big.
Thank you for your continued support of The Extreme History Project, and thank you for Giving Big Gallatin Valley on May 1-2!
Friday, May 2nd Tours starting at the NORTHSIDE Treeline Coffee located at 624 N. Wallace.
Noon – Lehrkind Brewery and Mansion with Julia Strehlau Jacobs
1pm – Bon Ton and Misco Mills with Victoria Lyons
2pm – Northern Pacific Depot with Dale Martin
3pm – Bricks, Bricks, Bricks with Lesley Gilmore
March 12, 5:30pm at The Museum of the Rockies Hager Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
Join us for the screening of The Story of Us (Episode 2) with a panel discussion to follow, featuring historian Mary Murphy, PBS Montana Educator Nicole Vradenburg, filmmaker Kimberly Hogberg, and Crystal Alegria of The Extreme History Project.
Episode two of The Story of Us: The Women Who Shaped Montana, explores the lives and legacies of three remarkable women who defied societal norms to leave a lasting impact on the state of Montana. Through their determination, these women made a lasting impact on Montana.
Helena Clarke, a woman of Blackfeet and White descent, broke barriers as one of Montana’s early female elected officials. Rose Hum Lee contributed invaluable insights into the dynamics of America’s Chinatowns. Rose Gordon, a Black woman who dedicated her life to serving and unifying the town of White Sulphur Springs.
Through their stories, this episode sheds light on the contributions of women who shaped Montana’s history in profound ways.
