Bozeman’s Water Works: Topography, Control, and Politics

Historic Preservation officer Courtney Kramer tells how the City of Bozeman has utilized natural topography to deliver domestic water from mountain reservoirs to private properties. She also discusses how voters chose, in 1890, to purchase the Water Works over the objections of Nelson Story and William A. Clark, and the battles—from lawsuits to physical confrontations and the use of explosive devices—that have occurred in Gallatin County over water.