Bozeman Trail

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historic trail overland route

The Bozeman Trail was a 19th-century overland route through the Northern Plains that became a major flashpoint of conflict between the United States and Native American tribes during westward expansion.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Bozeman Trail canonical	10
Bozeman Trail (National Historic Trail proposals)	1
Bozeman Trail conflicts	1
Bozeman Trail crossing of Powder River	1
Bozeman Trail region	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic trail ⓘ overland route ⓘ
alternativeName	Bozeman Road ⓘ
associatedWith	Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 ⓘ Red Cloud ⓘ
causeOf	Red Cloud's War ⓘ
conflictWith	Arapaho ⓘ Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Lakota Sioux Southern Cheyenne ⓘ surface form: Northern Cheyenne
connects	Montana gold fields ⓘ Oregon Trail ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Powder River Country ⓘ
currentStatus	historic route with marked segments ⓘ
endPoint	Virginia City, Montana ⓘ surface form: Virginia City, Montana Territory
era	Old West ⓘ surface form: American Old West
governedBy	United States Army (along route forts) ⓘ
hadMilitaryPost	Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ Fort Reno ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
impact	intensified U.S.–Native American conflicts in Powder River region ⓘ
lengthApprox	approximately 500 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Plains ⓘ surface form: Northern Plains United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
namedAfter	John M. Bozeman ⓘ surface form: John Bozeman
namedBy	John M. Bozeman ⓘ surface form: John Bozeman
notableEvent	Fetterman Fight ⓘ Wagon Box Fight ⓘ
opened	1863 ⓘ
opposedBy	Teton Sioux ⓘ surface form: Brulé Lakota Miniconjou Lakota ⓘ Oglala Lakota ⓘ
partOf	Plains Indian Wars ⓘ surface form: Great Plains Indian Wars
passesThrough	Dakota Territory ⓘ Montana Territory ⓘ Wyoming Territory ⓘ
reasonForConflict	encroachment on Native American hunting grounds ⓘ
region	Great Plains ⓘ surface form: Northern Great Plains
startPoint	Oregon Trail ⓘ
status	abandoned after Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 ⓘ
subjectOf	Bozeman Trail self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bozeman Trail (National Historic Trail proposals)
transportMode	wagon route ⓘ
usedFor	migration route to Montana goldfields ⓘ westward expansion ⓘ
usedUntil	1868 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Red Cloud's War → location → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

Red Cloud → associatedWithPlace → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bozeman Trail region

Bozeman Trail → subjectOf → Bozeman Trail self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bozeman Trail (National Historic Trail proposals)

Powder River Country → traversedBy → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

Fetterman Fight → relatedTo → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

Hayfield Fight → associatedWith → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

Fort Phil Kearny → locatedNear → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

Fort Phil Kearny → category → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

Fort Reno → locatedOn → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

Fort Reno → locatedNear → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bozeman Trail crossing of Powder River

Fort Reno → involvedIn → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bozeman Trail conflicts

Fort C. F. Smith → locatedOn → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

Fort C. F. Smith → associatedWith → Bozeman Trail ⓘ

Jim Bridger → associatedWith → Bozeman Trail ⓘ