Gold was discovered in Montana in 1862, ushering in a flood of prospectors straight through the heart of Lakota territory on ...
It is meant to commemorate the Bozeman Trail, pioneered by John Bozeman in 1863 as a shortcut to the gold fields of Montana. The heyday of the trail was brief 1864 to 1866 and because it intruded on ...
VIRGINIA CITY — On Monday, nearly a score of wagons will begin a trip on the Bozeman Trail from Fort Laramie in southern Wyoming. Their destination is Virginia City, where they are scheduled to arrive ...