John M. Bozeman | |
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 John Bozeman from The Bozeman Trail, Vol II (1922)[1] | |
| Born | January 1835 |
| Died | April 20, 1867 (aged 32) |
| Resting place | Sunset Hills Cemetery Bozeman, Montana |
| Occupation(s) | Explorer, trail guide, merchant |
John Merin Bozeman (January 1835 – April 20, 1867) was an American pioneer and frontiersman in the American West who helped establish the Bozeman Trail through Wyoming Territory into the gold fields of southwestern Montana Territory in the early 1860s. He helped found the city of Bozeman, Montana, in 1864, which is named for him.
- ^ Hebard, Grace Raymond; Brininstool, E.A. (1922). The Bozeman Trail-Historical Accounts of the Blazing of the Overland Routes into the Northwest, and the Fights with Red Cloud's Warriors - Volume II. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company. frontispiece.