
The Bozeman Trail Trailer
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The Bozeman Trail was a shortcut to the newly discovered gold fields of Montana Territory.
The Bozeman Trail was an offshoot of the Oregon Trail, a shortcut to the newly discovered gold fields of Montana Territory. Cutting through the heart of Indian country. It became a flash point for a clash of cultures that would explode into warfare, destruction and tragedy.
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The Bozeman Trail - A Rush to Montana’s Gold is a local public television program presented by Wyoming PBS

The Bozeman Trail Trailer
Preview: Special | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
The Bozeman Trail was an offshoot of the Oregon Trail, a shortcut to the newly discovered gold fields of Montana Territory. Cutting through the heart of Indian country. It became a flash point for a clash of cultures that would explode into warfare, destruction and tragedy.
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It was a road less traveled, an offshoot of the more heavily used Oregon Trail, a shortcut to dreams of fame and fortune.
A terrain rich in grasslands and teeming with wildflowers.
Tribal land.
The perspective of the Lakota is this is our home and we want to protect it.
In the perspective of the people on the Bozeman trail are we just want to get to the gold fields this volatile mix of competing motives became the epicenter of a cultural clash that reverberated through the entire region.
It was the beginning for some of a bright new future and for others, the end of a traditional way of life.
This rush to the gold fields of Montana in the Indian wars that followed is the story of the Bozeman trail.
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The Bozeman Trail was a shortcut to the newly discovered gold fields of Montana Territory. (30s)
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