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BENNEPES
By Frank

Frank Benepe
Came to Bozeman
In 1877.
Jennetta Trent
Came to Bozeman
12 1882.
Five years apart
Jennetta was Ellen Story’s sister
Frank and Jennetta
Married in 1841



Bozeman to other cities
    There are so many great things about Bozeman. Bozeman’s air is clean, fresh and great for your lungs. People who live in Bozeman are kind and considerate of other people. Safety is soooo good, you don’t even have to lock your car or house. The food we have here is so good and has many different types. Bozeman is so awesome!
    Logan is a city with lots of cool types of stuff. Most of my family lives in Logan. I enjoy visiting them. The view in Logan is excellent. Their parks have streams and plenty of play equipment.  Water parks there are totally cool. Logan is really awesome.

Opera house
    Hi.  This is the Opera House.  I was built in 1889.  My grand opening was October of 1889.  I took about a year to build, everyone wanted me.  I had a jail cell, city hall, fire station, police station, and a trolley office.  I was demolished in 1960.
    What I think is that after they finish remodeling the Story Mansion, I should move there, or be built somewhere else.  Now you know all about me!

Historical fiction
Opera House Tale
By Frank

    Hi!  Do you see me?  I’m a little fly.  I’m going to tell you about the Opera House.  It was built in 1890.  It was the only Opera House in town.  It had a temporary overhead walkway made of wood.  The walkway was from the second floor of the Bozeman Hotel to the second floor of the Opera House.  It had a police department, fire department, a jail cell for men and women, and a trolley car office.  All this was on the ground floor.  It could seat thousands of people comfortably.  The largest funeral train was accorded to late major Dremnan on Sunday.  The services were announced for two o’clock, but long before that, the Opera House was filled.  Hundreds were not able to find standing room. 
    The remodeling of 1903 added a fourth floor, but it was fake.  For the fourth floor was covering the slanted roof.  It was razed in 1966.  They tried to save the posters but they didn’t.  They saved the stained glass window.  And in the rubble they found secret documents. Now you know all about the Opera House.