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The Bozeman Trail went from Wyoming to Virginia City.
CheyenneThe Bozeman trail ran through Wyoming in the state of Montana.
john Jacobs founded it.
Bozeman was named after John Bozeman who esteblished the Bozeman Trail which was an overland route connecting the gold rush territory of Montana to the Oregon Trail. The overland Bozeman Trail followed many north-south trails that American Indians had used since prehistoric time to travel through Powder River country. This route was more direct and better watered than any previous trail into Montana. Bozeman's and Jacobs's most important contribution was to improve the trail so that it was wide enough for wagons. But there was a major drawback - the trail passed directly through American Indian territory occupied by the Shoshone, Arapaho, and Lakota nations.
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There was the Bozeman Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail and the California Trail that were all used for emigration west.
There was the Bozeman Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail and the California Trail that were all used for emigration west.
The purpose of the Bozeman Trail was to access the gold fields in Montana. This meant that the trail had to pass through Native American territory. For protection, the US, built three forts. This incursion of Sioux tribal lands instigated a series of deadly raids in 1866.
The address of the Country Grain Elevator Historical Society is: 155 Prospector Trail, Bozeman, MT 59718-7988
The siege of the Bozeman Trail forts during Red Cloud's War led to the Treaty of Fort Laramie. This effectively gave the Lakota Indians and other tribes back their hunting territory, but only temporarily.
The Bozeman Trail was an overland route connecting the gold rush territory of Montana.