Editing Bozeman, Montana (section)

====John Bozeman====

In 1863, [[John Bozeman]], a pioneer and frontiersman from [[Pickens County, Georgia]], along with a partner named John Jacob, opened the [[Bozeman Trail]], a new northern trail off the [[Oregon Trail]] leading to the mining town of [[Virginia City, Montana|Virginia City]] through the Gallatin Valley and the future location of the city of Bozeman.

John Bozeman, with Daniel Rouse and William Beall, [[plat]]ted the town in August 1864, stating "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."<ref>{{cite book |last=Freeman |first=Cortlandt L. |title=The Growing Up Years The First 100 Years of Bozeman as an Incorporated City from 1883 to 1983 |publisher=Montana Centennial Commission Gallatin County Historical Society |location=Bozeman, MT |year=1988 |pages=62–65 }}</ref> [[Red Cloud's War]] closed the Bozeman Trail in 1868, but the town's fertile land still attracted permanent settlers.