Have you ever wondered what goes into choosing a street name? Who gets to decide what a street is named? Or have you ever looked around Bozeman and wondered who Lester Willson or Daniel Elliott Rouse was?

In this first episode of Ear to the Ground, reporter J.P. Pomnichowski and I delve into the process of naming a street and the history of Bozeman street names. J.P. interviews local historian John Russell for some in-depth background.