Name: Bozeman Trail Monument

 

County: Converse

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1054728W

Latitude: 432332N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 5426/1654

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Park

 

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: Ross Flat

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

Bozeman Trail Association

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

 

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