The largest of the three forts built along the Bozeman Trail leading to the gold fields in Montana, Fort Phil Kearny was established by the U.S. Army on July 15, 1866 near present-day Story, Wyo. READ MORE...
Fetterman Battlefield is the site of the U.S. Army’s worst defeat by Plains Indian groups with the exception of the Battle of Little Big Horn. On Dec. 21, 1866, Capt. William J. Fetterman READ MORE...
The trail was founded upon old game and travel trails by entrepreneurs partners John Bozeman and John Jacobs to provide a shorter route for prospectors to Montana’s gold fields, primarily at Alder Gulch and Virginia City. To protect travelers......READ MORE
Sioux and Cheyenne warriors who gathered west of Fort Phil Kearny on the morning of Aug. 2, 1867, had several reasons to feel confident as they prepared to attack civilian woodcutters and the U.S. Army troops assigned to protect them. READ MORE...
