Bozeman Trail fort system

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The Bozeman Trail fort system was a network of U.S. Army forts established in the 1860s to protect travelers along the Bozeman Trail through contested Native American territories in the northern Great Plains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army installation system
military fortification network
appliesToJurisdiction United States Army NERFINISHED
builtOn contested Native American territory
causeOf increased Native American resistance along the Bozeman Trail
conflict Red Cloud's War NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1868
effectOf discovery of gold in Montana Territory
follows Bozeman Trail NERFINISHED
garrisonedBy U.S. cavalry units
U.S. infantry units
hasPart Fort C. F. Smith NERFINISHED
Fort Ellis NERFINISHED
Fort Laramie (as logistical base) NERFINISHED
Fort Phil Kearny NERFINISHED
Fort Reno (Wyoming Territory) NERFINISHED
heritageStatus part of U.S. frontier military history
historicalPeriod American Indian Wars NERFINISHED
post–American Civil War era
inception 1865
legalBasis U.S. government policy of western expansion
locatedIn Dakota Territory NERFINISHED
Montana Territory NERFINISHED
Wyoming Territory NERFINISHED
northern Great Plains
mainPurpose protection of Bozeman Trail travelers
protection of overland emigrant traffic
support for military operations against Native American resistance
militaryBranch United States Army
namedAfter Bozeman Trail NERFINISHED
notableCommander Colonel Henry B. Carrington (Fort Phil Kearny) NERFINISHED
opposedBy Arapaho NERFINISHED
Northern Cheyenne NERFINISHED
Oglala Lakota NERFINISHED
reasonForDissolution Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) NERFINISHED
result abandonment of forts along the Bozeman Trail
significantEvent Fetterman Fight NERFINISHED
Hayfield Fight NERFINISHED
Wagon Box Fight NERFINISHED
usedFor securing route to Montana goldfields

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Fort Phil Kearny partOf Bozeman Trail fort system
Fort C. F. Smith partOf Bozeman Trail fort system
this entity surface form: Bozeman Trail forts
Fort C. F. Smith category Bozeman Trail fort system
this entity surface form: Bozeman Trail military installation