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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bozeman Trail fort system canonical | 1 |
| Bozeman Trail forts | 1 |
| Bozeman Trail military installation | 1 |
Statements (41)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bozeman Trail forts
this entity surface form:
Bozeman Trail military installation