Name: Bozeman Trail

 

County: Johnson

 

Authority Name: Bozeman Trail (Mont. and Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1062635W

Latitude: 440028N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4803/1464

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Trail

 

Origin of Name:

In the pioneer days, a number of well-established trails led across virgin territory. The Bozeman Trail, which started at Douglas and passed through Johnson County on its way to the gold fields of Montana, was named after John Bozeman, one of the early trail men who later settled in Montana.

Source: WPA 

 

Other Names: 

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Brown Ranch

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

Bozeman Trail Association

http://www.bozemantrail.org/index.html

 

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