Boothill Cemetery

Named Boothill because so many of its occupants went to their deaths with their boots on, this cemetery served as the burying ground for Coulson, a Yellowstone River town that existed from 1877 to 1885 on the edge of what was to become Billings. The most famous person buried here was H.M. (Muggins) Taylor, the scout who carried news of Custer's massacre on June 25, 1876, from the battle area to Bozeman. Taylor, later a deputy sheriff, was gunned down in 1882 in Coulson's laundry as he tried to stop the laundress's drunken husband from beating her.

Billings, Montana · United States