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- Bridger_Trail abstract "The Bridger Trail was an overland route connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold fields of Montana. Gold was discovered in Virginia City, Montana in 1863, prompting settlers and prospectors to find a trail to travel from central Wyoming to Montana. In 1863, John Bozeman and John Jacobs scouted the Bozeman Trail, which was a direct route to the Montana gold fields through the Powder River Country. At the time the region was controlled by the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho, who stepped up their raids in response to the stream of settlers along the trail.In 1864 the commandant of Fort Laramie, Colonel William O. Collins, concerned about the hostilities along the Bozeman Trail, asked Jim Bridger to lead a party of settlers from Denver on a new route to the mines through the Big Horn Basin along the western edge of the Big Horn Mountains. In 1859, Bridger had guided a topographical expedition through the area, and knew the region well. In all, 10 wagon trains made the trip in spring and summer of 1864, two of them guided personally by Bridger. The following year, hostilities along the Bozeman Trail had escalated to the point where Major General Grenville M. Dodge ordered Brigadier General Patrick E. Connor to lead the first Powder River Expedition to try to end the raids along the trail. Connor chose Bridger as one of his guides, and Bridger spent the next few years guiding various military excursions into the Powder River Country and never again led settlers along the Bridger Trail.".
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- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Arapaho.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Big_Horn_Basin.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Big_Horn_Mountains.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Big_Horn_River.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Bighorn_Basin.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Bighorn_Mountains.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Bighorn_River.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Bozeman_Trail.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Bridger,_Montana.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Bridger_Mountains_(Wyoming).
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Brigadier_General.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Brigadier_general.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Byron,_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Historic_trails_and_roads_in_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Pre-statehood_history_of_Montana.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Pre-statehood_history_of_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trails_and_roads_in_the_American_Old_West.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Cheyenne.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Clarks_Fork_Yellowstone_River.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Cowley,_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Denver.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Fort_Caspar.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Fort_Laramie.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Fort_Laramie_National_Historic_Site.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Fremont_County,_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Grenville_M._Dodge.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Greybull_River.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Hot_Springs_County,_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Jim_Bridger.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Lucerne,_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Lysite,_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Major_General.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Major_general.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Montana.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Nowood_River.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Oregon_Trail.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Patrick_E._Connor.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Patrick_Edward_Connor.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Powder_River_Country.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Powder_River_Expedition.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Powder_River_Expedition_(1865).
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Powell,_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Shoshone_River.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Sioux.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Virginia_City,_Montana.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLink Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bridger Trail".
- Bridger_Trail wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bridger".
- Bridger_Trail hasPhotoCollection Bridger_Trail.
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- Bridger_Trail subject Category:Historic_trails_and_roads_in_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail subject Category:Pre-statehood_history_of_Montana.
- Bridger_Trail subject Category:Pre-statehood_history_of_Wyoming.
- Bridger_Trail subject Category:Trails_and_roads_in_the_American_Old_West.
- Bridger_Trail hypernym Route.
- Bridger_Trail type Article.
- Bridger_Trail type Road.
- Bridger_Trail type Article.
- Bridger_Trail type Road.
- Bridger_Trail comment "The Bridger Trail was an overland route connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold fields of Montana. Gold was discovered in Virginia City, Montana in 1863, prompting settlers and prospectors to find a trail to travel from central Wyoming to Montana. In 1863, John Bozeman and John Jacobs scouted the Bozeman Trail, which was a direct route to the Montana gold fields through the Powder River Country.".
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- Bridger_Trail sameAs Q4966636.
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- Bridger_Trail wasDerivedFrom Bridger_Trail?oldid=622463679.
- Bridger_Trail isPrimaryTopicOf Bridger_Trail.