A History Hidden in Plain Sight: The Life of Lizzie Williams

Written by Crystal B. Alegria, Director of The Extreme History Project and Montana Historian Magazine Guest Contributor

Lizzie Williams gravestone stands in the Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman.

I first met Lizzie Williams when walking through the historic section of Sunset Hills Cemetery located in Bozeman, Montana. Lizzie’s decorative white marble headstone had caught my eye. The stone is weathered and sunken into the ground on one side. As I lingered on the beauty of the stone, I noticed the death date of 1875.

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