Editing Kaycee, Wyoming (section)

=== The Bozeman Trail ===
The 1860s brought new attention from both whites and Native Americans to the northeast corner of what soon would become Wyoming Territory. First, a [[gold]] frenzy in Montana Territory drew miners north from the emigrant road that followed the [[North Platte River]]. Mountain man [[Jim Bridger]] warned against establishing a trail through the Arapaho and Lakota hunting grounds, urging that another path west of the Bighorns be used instead. But the Powder River Basin route was the most direct and, in 1863, [[John Bozeman]] following ancient routes long used by Indians, blazed the Bozeman Trail through the middle of the basin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/red-clouds-war|title=Red Cloud's War {{!}} WyoHistory.org|website=www.wyohistory.org|language=en|access-date=September 22, 2017}}</ref>

The [[Bozeman Trail]] ran within four miles of Kaycee, overlaying previous Indian, trader and exploration routes and connecting the [[Oregon Trail]] to the gold rush territory in Montana. Its most important period was 1863–1868, and its most significant consequence was the [[American Indian Wars#Great Plains|Indian Wars]] of the Northern Plains{{specify|date=July 2022}}. The Hoofprints of the Past Museum displays items relating to this period.<ref name=":0" />