Bozeman Pass
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BruceS
N 45° 40.068 W 110° 48.444
12T E 515003 N 5057157
Historical marker commemorating the Bozeman Pass located on pull off from I 90.
Waymark Code: WM23DE
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2007
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Bozeman Pass
Sacajawea, the Shoshone woman who guided portions of the Lewis and cark
Expedition led Captain Wm. Clark and his party of ten men over an old buffalo
road through this pass on July 15, 1806. They were eastward bound and
planned to explore the Yellowstone River to it mouth where they were to rejoin
Captain Lewis and party who were returning via the Missouri River.
In the 1860s John M. Bozeman, an adventurous young Georgian, opened
a trial from Fort Laramie, Wyoming, to Virginia City, Montana, across the
hostile Indian country east of here. He brought his first party through in 1863
and the next year guided a large wagon trail of emigrants and gold-seekers over
this pass, racing with an outfit in charge of Jim Bridger. Bridger used a pass
north of here. These pioneer speed demons made as much as fifteen or
twenty miles a day-some days. The outfits reach Virginia City within a few
hours of each other. ~ text of marker