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The Bozeman Trail was an overland route in the Western United States, connecting the gold rush territory of southern Montana to the Oregon Trail in eastern Wyoming. Its important period was from 1863 to 1868. While the major part of the route used by Bozeman Trail travelers in 1864 was pioneered by Allen Hurlbut, it was named after John Bozeman ...
The Lake Desmet Segment is a one-mile long set of trail ruts that are a well-preserved portion of the Bozeman Trail in Johnson County, Wyoming. The ruts are located about a mile west of Lake Desmet on the down slope of the hill overlooking the lake. This portion of the trail is on private property, so permission is required to visit. [2]
Buffalo: Wyoming's oldest intact county courthouse continuously operating under its original use, built in Italianate style in 1884. [19] 16: Lake Desmet Segment, Bozeman Trail: Lake Desmet Segment, Bozeman Trail: July 23, 1989 : Address restricted [17
Several sections of the Bozeman Trail in Wyoming are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Typically there are sections of trail that are concentrated at geographic features such as fords or crossings of divides, where the trail consolidates from a broad swath of parallel, poorly defined paths to a small area where remnants of the trail are visible.
Crazy Woman Crossing is a historic place on the Bozeman Trail, in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States, about twenty miles southeast of Buffalo.Crazy Woman Crossing was one of three major fords used by travelers across creeks and rivers in this area.
The Bozeman Trail ran within four miles of Kaycee, overlaying previous Indian, trader and exploration routes and connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold rush territory in Montana. Its most important period was 1863–1868, and its most significant consequence was the Indian Wars of the Northern Plains [specify]. The Hoofprints of the Past ...
Location of Converse County in Wyoming. ... Glenrock Buffalo Jump: April 16, 1969 ... Bozeman Trail (48CO165) July 23, 1989 ...
The original museum was founded 1957 and focuses on Johnson County and frontier history. The museum's dioramas feature historic events and life along the Bozeman Trail, including the Wagon Box Fight, the Johnson County War between ranchers in the 1890s, the siege at the TA Ranch and a view of Buffalo's Main Street in 1894. Artifacts include ...