Livingston Historic District

The Northern Pacific Railroad platted Livingston in 1882, making it the first gateway town to Yellowstone National Park. The railroad city it built endured long enough to reinvent itself — by the time the trains stopped driving the economy, writers, artists, and fly fishermen had already moved in. The district is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tom McGuane and Russell Chatham are among the notable residents the town attracted. The draw remains what it always was: the Yellowstone River at the door, the park an hour south.