They also fought US soldiers; his elder brother was killed in the fight at Fort Phil Kearny during Red Cloud's attempt to clear the Bozeman Trail of US forts.
Oregon Trail | Trail of Tears | rail trail | Santa Fe Trail | Portland Trail Blazers | Appalachian Trail | trail | Bozeman, Montana | The Big Trail | California Trail | Bozeman | Virginia Creeper Trail | Rail trail | Rubicon Trail | Ozark Trail | Overland Trail | Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race | Bozeman Trail | ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | Trail | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | The Trail Beyond | Rossland-Trail | Pacific Crest Trail | On the Trail of the Assassins | National Historic Trail | Mormon Trail | Katy Trail State Park | Jubilee Trail | Inca Trail to Machu Picchu |
It is named after pioneer John Bozeman, a young Georgian who opened the Bozeman Trail from Fort Laramie, Wyoming to Virginia City, Montana in 1863, via the pass which now bears his name.
After the battles of the Rosebud and Little Bighorn, Brigadier General George Crook received reinforcements and began to move up the Bozeman Trail against Crazy Horse.
His family set out in prairie wagons with experienced guides on the Bridger Trail variant of the Bozeman Trail.
In 1866, another military force under Colonel Henry B. Carrington was ordered to secure the route of the Bozeman Trail.