Bozeman Project
By Lizzie

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Biographical Writings
FRANCES JACKSON
By Lizzie

Frances Jackson
Born 1860
Change her name
To Lizzie Woods
Her business lasted for
Over 30 years
When 40 she adopted a baby
Called “Baby”
When Baby was ten
Moved to different family
Lizzie died 1918


Business Reports
What I think About Things
The Bent Lens

By Lizzie Gill & Raya Roberty


    Working at the Bent Lens was interesting.  We got to sort glasses by brands.  They have Nike brand.  Another brand is Rayban.  All together there are over 30 brands for men, women, and children.

    The Bent Lens has a lot of history.  Micky started the Bent Lens in 1982, 23 years ago.  Susan Brownell owns the Bent Lens right now.  Last year they remodeled their store to a more high-end store. Laura, who we interviewed, says that they have never changed their business’ name or location. The Bent Lens has been open during Sweet Pea and Hatch festival.  One thing that has changed is the materials they use.  As you can see, the Bent Lens has gone through many changes.

    The Bent Lens sells many things.  They have glasses, sun glasses, lenses, frames, and glasses straps.  They sell mostly prescription or non-prescription glasses.  Some of the things they sell the least of is prescription ski goggles and handmade Asian buffalo horn glasses rims.  The most interesting part of the Bent Lens is the people who shop here.  They are old and wealthy people, famous people, or rock stars.  Three employees work there.  The most expensive thing they sell is handmade Asian buffalo horn glasses rims.  They cost $3,200.  As you can see, there is lots of variety at the Bent Lens.

    The Bent Lens faces two challenges.  One is population growth.  The other is more places opening like WalMart and Costco.  Parking, traffic, and the mall don’t affect The Bent Lens.  One thing that helps the Bent Lens is tourists.  The only shop they compete with is the fly shop with their sun glasses.  The Bent Lens will always be an important business in our community.

Bozeman To Other Cities
Bozeman Comparison
by Lizzie

    Here are some of the best things about Bozeman. Bozeman has all seasons, so you can play in the snow. It can be hot out and you can rake leaves. There are so many things to do. Where I live, it has great landscape, like mountains. We can grow great food. The Sweet Pea Festival goes on in Bozeman. It’s very fun. Those are only four good things about Bozeman and there are plenty more.
    The place I am comparing with Bozeman is Talkeetna. One of the best things about Talkeetna is it has the best edible flowers. I went to our friends house, and he had an edible flower garden. We made a salad of all the flowers. Another thing about Talkeetna is it had great wildlife like moose and grizzly bears. The snow there lasts almost all year long, and I love the snow. Talkeetna has the best cabins. That is kinda what Talkeetna is like.
    I probably like Bozeman better because one, I’ve lived here all my life. Two, it has all four seasons, like I said before. I can always hike without getting freezing. Finally, people here are really nice, and they usually don’t steal.
    That is why I like Bozeman better.

Opera House
    I am the old Opera House.  John Bogart loved theatre, so he decided to build an opera house.  I was able to hold more than 900 people in the auditorium.  Then they finished me, they had an opening party in 1884.  Inside me I wasn’t just and opera house.  I had the first free library.  The jail was in me and it was right under the costume room.  I was torn down in 1960, a tragic day.  As you can see, I was a very historical building.
    I think you should rebuild mea as close as you can get to my original self.  You can raise money by working with people and get a group of people to agree with what you want to do.  Then just raise money any way you can to build me.  You should look at a colored picture or a drawing, but make sure you build the roof right.  For the decoration like the doorway, or a stained glass window, you can find the originals at the Museum.  The doorway is in a park.  So please try to rebuild me again.

Historical Fiction
A Night in Jail
By
Lizzie Gill

    “I didn’t do it!”  I screamed.  “I didn’t murder anyone!”
    “Well, we’ll see about that,” the sheriff exclaimed in a mean, dark, low voice as he threw me into a dark, slimy, wet jail cell with two cots.
    “Two cots.  Is someone else in here?”  I whispered.  I heard snoring.  He must be asleep.  His snoring sounded like a pig grunting.  I could hear the jail inmate talking about me in the other jail cells.  Then a door opened smoothly and quietly.  A woman who seemed ten feet tall walked in.  She had dark brown hair and wore tons of makeup.  She almost looked like a doll.
    The sheriff came up to her and croaked, “So you’ve come here for the interview?”
    “Yes, I very well have.”
    “Well, ma’am, we were founded in 1977, but we built in 1911.  Enough about this building.  Tell me about you.”
    I couldn’t hear anymore.  It was too muffled.  It was dawn, so I tried pulling the cot down.  It wouldn’t budge.  Finally it came down with a loud boom, echoing through the cell.  That must have awakened the man in my jail cell.  I looked up.  He was still sleeping.  Down I went into the most uncomfortable mattress I’ve ever felt, but still fell asleep with horrible dreams.
    Cling!  I woke up.  I could barely see. I was trying to adjust my eyes to light.  The sheriff was taking the guy in the cell away.  Was he letting him free?  Then another man was taken out until every person on the jail was gone.  Finally I was taken out of my jail cell with a loud cling of the door.  I was taken to a ceremony.  Some guy was standing by a rope.
    Hey!  That’s the guy that was in my jail cell.  A guy gulped next to me.  He’s getting hanged for murder.  Suddenly, he was on a platform.  Bang!  It slid away.  With a scream, he was dead.  Slowly everyone went back to their jail cells.
    A guard grabbed me by the arm and mumbled in my ear, “You’re free.  You are not guilty.  You can leave.”  An electric shock went up my back.  I was free!
    ……
    “Hi.  Now I am 84 years old and now the jail is the Pioneer Museum that shares much information, even about the guy who got hanged.

Interesting Bozemanites
Lizzie

1. Doug Mavor – He is my eighbor and he builds beautiful houses.
2. Scott McChesney – He flys for North West Airlines.
3. Doug Chagot – He went to Afghanistan to build schools for kids there and he’s a very good climber.
4. Jeannie Wall – She goes to different countries to ski race.
5. Fay Johnson – She is on the ski patrol at Bridger, this is very interesting.
6. Randy Wimberg – He makes films of people in different countries and adventures.
7. Katie gill – She in interesting because she’s my ood sister and she can cook too.
8. Louise Forest – She is a medeator.
9. Headvig Flowers – She is so interesting, she is a great artist and cook.
10. Mrs. Babcock – She is the best teacher in the world.


what I think about things
Lizzie

In 2099, I think Bozeman will be a very different place. In downtown Bozeman, the SAE House will be a big ballroom for dances and parties. The barn next to it will be a petting zoo for viewing the rare breeds like buffalo, bald eagles, mice and rabbits that were often seen in 2005. Main Street will have the nickname of Insane Street because it will be so crazy and crowded. Hovercraft cars that don’t use gas will be seen everywhere. Because house prices will have gone up so much, people live in little stacked cubes.
Close to town, there will be one field that everyone savors. It will be the only place not covered with lots of houses. This field will be filled with new invented plants like crossbreed between shooting stars and Indian paintbrushes called “shooting brushes.” Crosses between sunflowers and bluebells will be “sunbells, “ and crosses between glacier lilies and orchids will be “glorchids.” Dandelions and knapweed will be the new “knapilion weeds.”
The year 2099 will also have some new fun things. A new holiday called “Fabian” will celebrate animals of the time. Another holiday called “Horife” will honor immortals like elves, fairies, sprites and anything that does not live on earth. For their protein, the people of Bozeman will eat new fishes called dingoes, leaping fish, casheroonies, and babcockeroos. For their sweets, they’ll eat devils candy. One of the vegetables will be the glorchid (see above), very good with chicken soup. Quite a place, don’t you think?