In an earlier post I mentioned the
American Computer Museum of Bozeman, Montana. You can look at its web site for details. Now that the weather is getting warm, it is time for all of us who are interested in computing history to figure out a way to get to Bozeman and see it. You don't really need an excuse. Bozeman is easy to get to, the scenery is fantastic, the weather is beautiful, and besides the Computer Museum (one of the finest I've seen anywhere), there is lots more history to see. In the couple of times I have been there, I've always enjoyed retracing the steps of the
Lewis and Clark expedition, which passed that way in 1805 on its way to the Pacific. But you can go there for the
natural history as well, or have a visit to the once-abandoned, but now resurrected mining town of
Virginia City. Or another of my favorites--old railroad history, especially the abandoned line of the famous
Milwaukee Road's electric extension to the Pacific.
Maybe the next time the IT History Society, or the Annals Editorial Board, or similar organizations has a meeting, it could meet in Bozeman.
In an earlier post I mentioned the American Computer Museum of Bozeman, Montana. You can look at its web site for details. Now that the weather is getting warm, it is time for all of us who are interested in computing history to figure out a way to get to Bozeman and see it. You don't really need an excuse. Bozeman is easy to get to, the scenery is fantastic, the weather is beautiful, and besides the Computer Museum (one of the finest I've seen anywhere), there is lots more history to see. In the couple of times I have been there, I've always enjoyed retracing the steps of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which passed that way in 1805 on its way to the Pacific. But you can go there for the natural history as well, or have a visit to the once-abandoned, but now resurrected mining town of Virginia City. Or another of my favorites--old railroad history, especially the abandoned line of the famous Milwaukee Road's electric extension to the Pacific.
Maybe the next time the IT History Society, or the Annals Editorial Board, or similar organizations has a meeting, it could meet in Bozeman.