John Bozeman Traditional Cache
Gat R Done: Hi B'
Unfortunately, there has been no response from owner. If you have any questions, please contact me via email (gatrdoneMN@gmail.com) and include the GC# of the cache you are asking about.
Please be advised that archiving is intended to be permanent. Help Center Article
If a cache is archived by a reviewer or staff for lack of maintenance, it will not be unarchived.
Gat R Done
Community Volunteer Reviewer
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
Placed For
|
|
Bozeman was born in Pickens County, Georgia.
In 1860, John Bozeman headed west to join in the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in Colorado, leaving behind his wife and children. After his mining claims in Colorado failed, Bozeman traveled to Deer Lodge in western Montana Territory in 1862 to work the gold fields discovered by James and Granville Stuart. Bozeman later joined the January 1863 rush to newly discovered gold in Bannack, Montana, but his claims there proved unsuccessful.
Seeing that it would be more profitable to "mine the miners" than to mine for gold, Bozeman enlisted the support of another unsuccessful Bannack prospector and friend, John Jacobs, to explore a new and shorter route into Montana Territory from the east. In 1863, he and John Jacobs blazed the Bozeman Trail, a cutoff route from the Oregon Trail in Wyoming to Bannack, Montana, and guided miners to Virginia City through the Gallatin Valley.
Bozeman settled in the Gallatin Valley at a site "standing right in the gate of the mountains, ready to swallow up all tenderfeet that would reach the territory from the east, with their golden fleeces to be taken care of". In 1864, he laid out the town of Bozeman, Montana. Its proximity to the trail helped it to grow in the following years.
Bozeman was murdered while traveling along the Yellowstone River in April 1867. His partner, Tom Cover, reported they had been attacked by a band of Blackfeet Indians, but some historians suspected that Bozeman was killed by Cover himself, or perhaps even by a henchman of pioneer Montana rancher Nelson Story.
Source: Wikipedia.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
nyzbfg abg n evc enc nqiragher
Treasures
You'll collect a digital Treasure from one of these collections when you find and log this geocache:
Loading Treasures