The Bozeman Trail took travelers from this Wyoming fort to the gold fields in Montana
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The Bloody Bozeman - True West Magazine  May 13, 2013 ... Fort-Ellis-Montana-1871-Bozeman-Trail-historical-photo ... main Platte overland road to provide access to Montana goldfields. ... His diagonal trail across Wyoming and Montana promised to spur development. ... some 1,500 travelers took the route in 1864 and more would travel it over the next four years.
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The Bozeman Trail - A Violent Path to the Gold Fields  The Bozeman route left the Oregon Trail in central Wyoming, skirted the Bighorn ... including the Bighorn, then traversed mountainous terrain into western Montana. ... an abundant supply of water along with the most direct route to the goldfields. ... Over the next two years travel along the corridor came to a complete halt...
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A Brief History of the Bozeman Trail | WyoHistory.org  He took the route across the Isthmus of Panama, but died on May 14, 1852 ... The Bozeman Trail offered the shortest route to the gold fields of Montana from ... The railroad did not cross what's now Wyoming until 1868. FortWiki. Click to enlarge ... Bozeman's route saved distance by traveling a diagonal, leaving the Oregon...
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Bozeman Trail - Wikipedia  The Bozeman Trail was an overland route connecting the gold rush territory of Montana to the ... Thence travelers went by the 'Benton Road,' around the Great Falls and ... However, Indian raids along the trail and around the forts continued. ... Wyoming to Three Forks, Montana (30 miles west of Bozeman, Montana) and U.S....
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Bozeman Trail - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (U.S. ...  The Bozeman route left the Oregon Trail in central Wyoming, skirted the Bighorn ... the Bighorn, then traversed mountainous terrain into western Montana. ... an abundant supply of water along with the most direct route to the goldfields. ... This was the high water mark of travel along the corridor. ... Fort Smith, MT 59035...
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Route of the Oregon Trail - Wikipedia  Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri .... After crossing Mount Oread at Lawrence, the trail crossed the Kansas River by ferry or boats near Topeka, and...
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Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine - Wikipedia  The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is, according to legend, a rich gold mine hidden in the southwestern United States. The location is generally believed to be in the Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction, east of Phoenix, Arizona. There have been many stories about how to find the mine, and each year .... The three soldiers set out to find the gold, but without success.
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Lolo Trail--Lewis and Clark Expedition: A National Register of ...  Knowing Lolo Trail would provide the members of the Corps with a truly ... crew turned northward and began their ascent into the daunting Bitterroot Mountains. ... The 200-mile-long trail extends from Lolo, Montana, to Weippe Prairie, Idaho.
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Mormon Trail Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki  May 31, 2016 ... Pioneers Crossing the Plains of Nebraska by C-1-. ... The Mormon Trail usually followed the north side of the North Platte River west ... The Oregon Trail took a more northerly route after the Green River into Idaho and Oregon. The California Trail continued west from Salt Lake City (or from the Oregon Trail...
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Fort Leavenworth - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society  The fort was established along the Santa Fe Trail to protect settlers and merchants traveling westward as well as maintaining peace with the American Indian...
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The Chisholm Trail - Herding Millions of Cattle - Legends of America  The Chisholm Trail was first blazed by Jesse Chisholm as a trading route. ... Determined to find a way to sell these cattle, many cattlemen sought ways of ... the Kansas Pacific Railroad officials to lay track to Abilene, Kansas in 1867. ... The long trips up the trail from Texas were hazardous for both the cattle and the cowboys.
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Chapter 4-15: Mining - Alaska's Heritage | Alaska History and ...  Prospectors found gold in the Fortymile River drainage and at Birch Creek in .... A less-publicized route was the Dalton Trail (earlier called the Chilkat Trail) from Haines. ... a gold rocker and recovered $1,200 in gold in 20 days from the beach sands. During the summer of 1899, 2,000 men and women recovered $2 million in...
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Birney, Montana -- Wyoming Tales and Trails  Left: Birney, Montana, Post Office, 1941, Right, Saturday Night Dance at the ... The war resulted in many dude ranch operations being discontinued for the .... is typically associated with the American West and is the State Song of Kansas. ... To hear "Home on the Range" sung in Icelandic on U-Tube Click here (linked).
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Took this on the way back from Glacier National Park In Montana ...  Learn more at eddysmotelbuttemontana.com. Butte, MT - old mining town. NOW called 'The FESTIVAL City' of Montana. It's a mile high & a mile deep. More...
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Oregon Trail - Wikipedia  The Oregon Trail is a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) historic eastwest, large-wheeled wagon route and ... The eastern half of the trail was also used by travelers on the California Trail (from 1843), Mormon Trail (from 1847), ..... wagons up the Platte, North Platte, Sweetwater route across South Pass to the Green River in Wyoming.
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Lulu City/Colorado River Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park ...  The path to Lulu City, a former mining town, and along the upper Colorado River (Little Yellowstone Trail) - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. ... alongside the main park road (US 34) shortly before it starts the great ascent up Trail ... several places including three high points (Valley View near Red Mountain, 10,175...
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Overland Trail - Wikipedia  The Overland Trail was a stagecoach and wagon trail in the American West during the 19th ... Based on these reports, the new trail was established from Atchison, Kansas, ... Mail service started along the Overland Stage Route on July 1, 1861. ... In 1862, the Fort Morgan Cut-Off was established between Fort Morgan and...
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Golden spike - Wikipedia  The golden spike is the ceremonial final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. .... By going west across the Great Salt Lake from Ogden, Utah, to Lucin, Utah,...
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Nine Quarter Circle Montana Dude Ranch  Join us at the Nine Quarter Circle Ranch for an authentic western dude ranch vacation in Montana. Ride horses, relax and visit Yellowstone National Park.
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Westward Expansion Trails - Wikipedia  In the American Old West, trails were used by immigrants from the eastern United States, ... Also branching off to the south was the Mormon Trail from Nauvoo, Illinois to ... About one-third immigrated to Oregon, one-third to California and one-third ... With the passes of the Sierras and the Rocky Mountains blocked in winter,...
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Butch & Sundanceand Rolla - True West Magazine  Nov 8, 2011 ... History does, all too often. ... He worked for the railroads before gold fever struck him after the 1896 discovery in Alaska. Rolla eventually headed to Bolivia to supervise the Concordia mine for the Andes ... Butch accounted for all the money. ... (Wild Bunch expert Dan Buck suspects an engineer saw wanted...