Gold was discovered in Montana in 1862, ushering in a flood of prospectors straight through the heart of Lakota territory on a new road called the Bozeman trail, further straining tensions between ...

It is meant to commemorate the Bozeman Trail, pioneered by John Bozeman in 1863 as a shortcut to the gold fields of Montana. The heyday of the trail was brief 1864 to 1866 and because it intruded on ...

v. 1. The situation -- The people and the place -- Carrington's march to Fort Laramie -- 1866 treaty -- When they are the thickest -- Fortifying the Bozeman Trail -- The siege begins -- Organization ...