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	Bozeman, Montana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1863, John Bozeman, along with a partner named John Jacobs, opened the Bozeman Trail, an offshoot from the Oregon Trail leading to the mining town of Virginia City through the Gallatin Valley and the future location of the city of Bozeman.
		John Bozeman, with Daniel Rouse and William Beall platted the town in 1864 stating "standing right in the gate of the mountains ready to swallow up all tenderfeet that would reach the territory from the east, with their golden fleeces to be taken care of...".
		John Bozeman the founder of Bozeman and the Bozeman Trail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bozeman,_Montana (1165 words)

	Bozeman Trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bozeman Trail was an overland route connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold rush territory of Montana.
		Bozeman, among others, led the first group of about 2,000 settlers up the trail in 1864.
		The army continued to use the trail during later military campaigns and a telegraph line was eventually built along the trail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bozeman_Trail (379 words)

	Bozeman, Montana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bozeman, named after John M. Bozeman founder of the Bozeman Trail, had at the time of the 2000 census a population of 27,509.
		The Bozeman Trail was a cutoff route from the Oregon Trail, which led miners to Virginia City through the Gallatin Valley and the future location of the city of Bozeman.
		John Bozeman the founder of the City of Bozeman and the Bozeman Trail.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Bozeman,-Montana.htm (1392 words)

	FHA: The Bozeman Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While only about 3,500 emigrants traversed the trail in 1864-66, its most significant consequence was that it cut through the Powder River Basin, the last and best hunting grounds of the Northern Plains Indians, and led to military occupation of the region and ultimately resulted in the Indian wars on the Northern Plains.
		Today, you---the resident, traveler, or scholar---can explore and study the history along the Bozeman Trail corridor and imagine yourself a part of the historical events that have shaped and defined who we are as a people and a nation.
		Our vision is to bring the Bozeman Trail alive, to create a way for visitors to travel by road or trail the length of this historic wagon road, to see the sites, to listen to the stories, to enjoy the communities, to appreciate the cultures of the rural west and to find adventure.
	www.frontierheritage.org /bozeman.html (1320 words)

	Where Settlers and Sioux Collided (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The trail was to become known as the “bloody Bozeman” as miners, settlers, and the U.S. Army clashed with the Sioux, Crow, Apaches, and Blackfeet, who saw the influx as an invasion of their territory.
		Bozeman appears to have been oblivious to the fact that his trail cut through lands ceded to the Sioux, but it was a lesson he was to learn first hand.
		Bozeman ironically demonstrated the danger of continuing to use the trail in the spring of 1867, when he was killed after a skirmish with Blackfeet warriors at the Yellowstone River.
	www.neh.fed.us /news/humanities/1999-07/bozeman.html (855 words)

	Bozeman, Montana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bozeman was named for John M. Bozeman, who came to Montana in 1862.
		Bozeman met an untimely death in 1867, but his town was already on its way.
		Once the fort was established, Bozeman became the end of the Bozeman trail, not the mines.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/bozeman.htm (598 words)

	Bozeman Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Bozeman Trail was blazed by John Bozeman, who came to Montana in 1862.
		But Bozeman advised them to go ahead since they were well armed, were a small enough party to be managed, and their animals were mostly oxen which would not be easily stampeded or stolen.
		Bozeman was the natural leader of the group inspiring them to go on.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/bozetr.htm (1047 words)

	The Bozeman Trail
		The other route was to come on the Oregon Trail over the southern plains up to Fort Hall in Idaho, which was dry country and went through Indian territory.
		One of the earliest maps between the Oregon Trail and the Montana mines is credited to Jacobs.
		Bozeman and Jacobs did not know what the group was up to so set out at a rapid pace to scale the steepest ravines and outdistance them.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/old_west/35662 (470 words)

	Bozeman, Montana: history - real estate guide
		Bozeman is an area that was once home to very early native peoples dating back thousands of years.
		When gold was discovered 60 and 80 miles to the west, the rush was on over the new Bozeman Trail, established by John Bozeman, a Georgian also looking for gold.
		The name of Bozeman was chosen August 9, 1864, and named the Gallatin County seat in 1867.
	www.bozemanmove.com /montana/history.shtml (494 words)

	Travel The Bozeman Trail
		The Bozeman Trail began as a gold-rush trail--a shortcut from the main trail on the North Platte River to the gold fields of Montana.The several routes of the Trail overlaid earlier Indian, trader and exploration routes in Wyoming and Montana.
		After emigrant use ceased, the Trail served as a military road to the forts until it was abandoned in 1868 following the Fort Laramie Treaty.
		It was used again in 1876 by the forces of General George C. Crook, and shortly after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the route was opened and used by settlers.
	www.bozemantrail.org (209 words)

	The Bozeman Trail in Dee Brown
		The buffalo trail became the Indian trail, and this became the trader's "trace;" the trails widened into roads, and the roads into turnpikes, and these in turn were transformed into railroads (Turner 11).
		Yet the Bridger trail lacked the game along its route the Bozeman trail evidently had, and so it was the Bozeman trail that was federally funded, although it violated the treaty of 1851.
		Another coincidence concerning the railroad is that the Bozeman trail was abondoned in the same year the transcontinental railroad was finished.
	www.univie.ac.at /Anglistik/easyrider/data/the_bozeman_trail.htm (3480 words)

	John Bozeman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bozeman came to Montana from Colorado in 1862 after his lust for gold fizzled when his claims failed to pan out.
		The Bozeman Trail passed directly through the Gallatin Valley and was used by travellers until 1868 when it was closed because of the Indian Wars.
		Inconsistencies in Cover's story have led historians to suspect Bozeman was murdered, either by Cover, or possibly by a jealous husband of one of the few women in town.
	www.bozeman.net /bozeman.html (340 words)

	Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, The Bridger Trail-Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The primary reason Bridger blazed his trail was to avoid the hostilities of the Lakota Sioux and their allies, the Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapaho.
		Their efforts resulted in the closure of the Bozeman Trail and abandonment of the forts as part of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868.
		Of course, the trail is also historically significant for its association with Jim Bridger who was notable for his contributions to the development of the American West as one of the most renowned explorers and guides in American history.
	wyoshpo.state.wy.us /btrail (505 words)

	Buffalo Wyoming Travel: Bozeman Crossing: History
		The Historic Bozeman Crossing is situated on the bank of the Clear Fork of the Powder River.
		Bozeman and a few others from the train skirted south around the Bighorns over into the Bighorn Basin country and made their way northward to Montana.
		The Bozeman Trail fell into disuse when the forts were abandoned and Red Cloud's war was successful in closing the road to emigrant travel.
	www.bozemancrossing.com /history.htm (773 words)

	Travel The Bozeman Trail - Facts, Myths & Quotes
		While John Bozeman and his partner, John Jacobs, certainly were instrumental in opening some segments of the Bozeman Trail, others such as Jim Bridger, Allen Hurlbut, and James Sawyers developed others.
		The maps of Bozeman Trail scholar, Susan Badger Doyle, show differing routes each year as well as differing military and emigrant routes.
		This is true for many reasons: sometimes the grass was grazed down and travelers had to move to find feed for their animals; sometimes the military on horseback could go a shorter but more challenging route than could emigrants in their wagons; in some cases the travelers found a shorter way.
	www.bozemantrail.org /facts-myths-quotes.html (1663 words)

	The Bozeman Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1863, mountain man John Jacobs and partner John M. Bozeman determined to find a better route connecting the Oregon Trail to new gold-strike country in what would later become Montana.
		The trail through Wyoming and Montana that they established was shorter, more direct, better watered and altogether a better wagon road than alternative routes, but there was one big drawback: Indians, principally Lakota and Cheyenne, hunted buffalo in the country it crossed.
		In a stunningly ill-timed move, during the treaty conference, Col. Henry Carrington arrived with 700 men and instructions to construct three new forts along the Bozeman Trail.
	www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues00/oct00/bozeman.html (391 words)

	Trails West: Across the Plains-Last updated 01/08/02
		The Applegate Trail Intrepretive Center offers a glimpse into the colorful history of this rugged area through the stories of the pioneer settlers, the naming of Grave Creek, the discovery of gold, the impact of the stageline, and the building of the railroad.
		The Bozeman Trail The Bozeman Trail began as a gold-rush trail--a shortcut from the main trail on the North Platte River to the gold fields of Montana.
		As a shortcut from the main overland trail on the North Platte River to the goldfields in Montana, it overlaid earlier Indian, trader, and exploration routes in Wyoming and Montana.
	www.over-land.com /trwestmid.html (2422 words)

	Bozeman Trail History
		Although called the Bozeman Trail, the route followed by John Bozeman and John Jacobs was really a long-used travel corridor.
		Thus, by the time Bozeman and Jacobs made their first explorations south from the gold fields to the Oregon-California Trail on the North Platte River, they were entering well-traveled territory.
		Rather than a single wagon track, the Bozeman Trail was a system of trails that came together at certain locations, and were separated by several miles at other times.
	philkearny.vcn.com /bozemantrailhistory.htm (403 words)

	Historical and Named Trails and Roads in the USA and Canada
		The historic Bozeman Trail ran for 400 miles from the Oregon Trail in Wyoming to Virginia City in Montana.
		The historic Chisholm Trail ran north from San Antonio in Texas, via Austin and Fort Worth, then through Oklahoma (referred to as "Indian Territory" at the time when the trail was used) to Wichita and finally Abilene in Kansas (which is not to be confused with the town of the same name in Texas).
		The trail began to fall into disuse once the main shipment point moved west to Dodge City in the early 1870's, and was abandoned once all cattle shipments were made by rail from the 1880's.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/histroad/index.htm (5003 words)

	Amazon.com: The Bloody Bozeman: The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Prior to the early hostilities, the area through which the Bozeman Trail was constructed was formally ceded to the Sioux by treaty by none other than General Harney.
		Yet it was the trail favored by prospectors seeking their fortunes in Montana's gold fields, as well as the gamblers, highwaymen, "professional women", and merchants who sought to capitalize on the miner's needs and vices.
		The Bloody Bozeman showcases some of the most colorful personalities and memorable events to ever grace the annals of the American West, and Dorothy Johnson is a born storyteller making the days of the Bozeman Trail fairly leap to life off the printed page.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0878421521?v=glance (1133 words)

	FHA: Articles & Opinions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bozeman Trail page about the reprinting of the Bozeman Trail Brochures, a new article entitled "New Exhibit Opens at North Dakota Heritage Center" has been added to the
		Many of us have contributed to an extensive Bozeman Trail Project, conducting and supporting on-the-ground research, supporting the Bozeman Trail Wagon Train, providing brochures to advertise the sites, locating and dedicating the small child's grave on the trail, and supporting Susan Badger Doyle's Symposium in Bozeman.
		Montana Fish,Wildlife and Parks and Wyoming Travel and Tourism, along with the FHA and others are again funding the Bozeman Trail brochure for 2006.
	www.frontierheritage.org /articles.html (2122 words)

	Wyoming Western Trails Project - Annals of Wyoming - Bozeman Trail, 1863-1868
		"The emigrant and military routes of the Bozeman Trail resulted from the complex interaction of particular people, events, and geography during the brief Bozeman Trail era, 1863-1868.
		The four men responsible for developing the various segments of the trail were Jim Bridger, John Bozeman, James Sawyers, and Allen Hurlbut.
		In terms of the final route of the trail, the one we now call the Bozeman Trail, Bridger was responsible for a greater number of trail miles than the other three combined.
	wyshs.org /WT-HS-PR-AN70n2a.htm (196 words)

	The Bozeman Trail Sheridan, Wyoming (Historic Monuments)
		The Bozeman Trail began as a gold-rush trail--a shortcut from the main trail on the North Platte River in Wyoming to the gold fields of Montana.
		The several routes of the Trail overlaid earlier Indian, trader and exploration routes in Wyoming and Montana.
		While only about 3,500 emigrants traversed the trail in 1864-66, its most significant consequence was that it cut through the last and best hunting grounds of the Northern Plains Indians, and led to military occupation, (Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site), of the region.
	www.ohwy.com /wy/b/bozetrai.htm (153 words)

	Road and Trail Routes Near MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT
		An article on Running in Bozeman from the Bozeman Chronicle (15 April 2004) by Kellyn Brown.
		Bozeman Trail Running Information prepared by the redoubtable Tom Hayes (Adjunct Instructor, MSU Math Department) with descriptions of several excellent trail runs all within about 30 minutes drive of Bozeman.
		Here is the route map: note that when the marathon/half marathon route enters the east side of Bozeman on Bozeman Trail Road, it then follows Kagy to the Highland Ridge Trail (described above), follows a route involving Peets Hill, Gallagator Trail, Sourdough Trail, and finishes at the stadium on the MSU campus.
	www.coe.montana.edu /ee/rmaher/pers/running.htm (1390 words)

	Bozeman Trail
		The Bozeman Trail was popular with people migrated by wagon train and this resulted in attacks from Red Cloud and Sioux war parties.
		Despite this victory the army was unable to successfully protect the Bozeman Trail and on 4th November, 1868, Red Cloud and 125 chiefs were invited to
		in 1877 the Bozeman Trail was used as a cattle trail from Texas to Montana.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWbozeman.htm (226 words)

	Bozeman, Montana (Cities)
		Bozeman is the seat of Gallatin County and is 82 miles east of Butte on I-90 near Gallatin National Forest.
		Bozeman is scenically arranged at the foot of the Bridger Mountain Range.
		A population of nearly 30,000 makes Bozeman one of the state's five largest cities.
	www.ohwy.com /mt/b/bozeman.htm (110 words)

	Fort Phil Kearny / Bozeman Trail Association and Foundation, Wyoming
		The largest of three forts, including Fort Reno near Kaycee, Wyoming, and C. Smith near Hardin, Montana, it was one of the three posts established to protect emigrants traveling the Bozeman Trail north to the gold fields of Montana, and also to prevent intertribal warfare between Native American tribes.
		During its brief two-year existence, Fort Phil Kearny was the focal point of a violent war between the U.S. Army and the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians.
		When the Union Pacific Railroad reached a point where the dangerous route was no longer needed, the Bozeman Trail and the three forts were abandoned in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868.
	philkearny.vcn.com (383 words)

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