BOOTHILL – BILLINGS, MT STYLE

Boothill Cemetery is just a few blocks from where we lived in Billings and we had never been there. This time we played tourist and took the time to explore our own backyard.

Boothill Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places and served as the cemetery for the town of Coulson, a town that no longer exists. The first burials at the cemetery that sat on the hill over looking the town were in 1877. Deaths were caused by such events typhoid outbreaks, accidents, suicides, and murders.

In Memory--of those who blazed the trail and showed to us our west in boots and spurs they lie and on the hill find rest. The stream flows on, but it matters not to the sleepers here by the world forgot. The heroes of many a tale unsung, they lived and died when the west was young.

This monument marks a historic spot where thirty-five lie buried. They played the drama called life for fortune and fame. Lost their lives; lost their game.

Upon this rugged hill the long trail past, these men of restless will find rest at last. The stream flows on, but it matters not to the sleepers here by the world forgot. The heroes of many a tale unsung, they lived and died when the west was young.