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Trail End State Historic Site

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Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Trail End State Historic Site
Phone:
+1 307-674-4589

Hours:
Sunday1pm - 4pm
Monday1pm - 4pm
Tuesday1pm - 4pm
Wednesday1pm - 4pm
Thursday1pm - 4pm
Friday1pm - 4pm
Saturday1pm - 4pm


The Bozeman Trail was an overland route connecting the gold rush territory of Montana to the Oregon Trail. Its most important period was from 1863–68. Despite its name, the major part of the route in Wyoming used by all Bozeman Trail travelers in 1864 was pioneered by Allen Hurlbut. Many miles of the Bozeman Trail in present Montana followed the tracks of Bridger Trail, opened by Jim Bridger in 1864. The flow of pioneers and settlers through territory of American Indians provoked their resentment and caused attacks. The challengers to the route were newly arrived Lakotas and their Indian allies, the Arapahoe and the Cheyenne. The United States put emphasis on a right to establish roads, military and other posts as described in Article 2 in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851. All parties in the conflict had signed that treaty. The Crow Indians held the treaty right to the contested area and had called it their homeland for decades. They sided with the whites. The U.S. Army undertook several military campaigns against the hostile Indians to try to control the trail. Because of its association with frontier history and conflict with American Indians, various segments of the trail are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
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