Distinctly Montana Magazine

2022 // Winter

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w w w . d i s t i n c t l y m o n t a n a . c o m 49 compared to the T.B. Story claim of 1946. He said, "I was as- tonished to see how closely the accounts agreed." Finally, the Extreme History Project of Bozeman uncovered another possible suspect. Thomas Kent claimed to have been hired by Nelson Story to kill John Bozeman, and said that he had indeed committed the murder. He made this confession to his family, and it has been passed down for generations. I admit a lot of this information is hearsay, stories told to few people, by people who have been dead for quite some time. Unfortunately, this crime was committed before our town had the facilities for a coroner's inquiry, and no sort of official investigation was made. The only conclusion I can reach is that we will most likely never know what happened that day. There are too many rumors, conflicting accounts, and a lack of admissible evidence to truly determine who murdered John Bozeman. The mystery-minded reader is invited to draw their own conclusion. Fort C. F. Smith John Bozeman's grave, located in Bozeman's Sunset Hills Cemetery Special thanks to Rachel Phillips, the diligent research coordinator who helped me at the Gallatin Historical Society & History Museum, and the Gallatin History Museum Research Library, for letting me haunt their halls and pore over their well-kept documents.

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