Entry No. 6 — the Bozeman file — filed under: haunted

Gallatin History Museum (Old County Jail)

This museum lives inside the 1911 Gallatin County Jail, a crenelated brick fortress designed by Bozeman architect Fred Willson and used to lock people up until 1982. You can walk through the original cell blocks, isolation cells, and the gallows room where the building's lone hanging was carried out. It anchors local ghost tours, but the real draw is standing in a genuine frontier-era jail with its hardware intact.

The move: Tour the old cell blocks and gallows room together, then quiz each other on which of you would have lasted longer in isolation.

📍 Before you go Open during regular museum hours; check the site before going. National Register building, right on Main Street.

• 📍 Bozeman
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 317 W Main St, Bozeman, MT 59715

Hours: Added 2026-06-24 — confirm current hours before you go.

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last checked: 2026-06-24