John Bozeman: The Myth, the Man and the Legend. The Dirt on the Past Podcast: Museum Edition

The Extreme History Project: The Dirt on the Past

Join us as we talk with Michael Fox, the curator of history at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, MT about John Bozeman. Bozeman is the namesake for the town of Bozeman, Montana and instrumental in creating the Bozeman Trail, an overland route in the Western United States, connecting the gold rush territory of southern Montana to the Oregon Trail in eastern Wyoming from roughly 1863 to 1868. Crystal, Nancy and Michael discuss John Bozeman's life and death and view artifacts related to John Bozeman from the Museum of the Rockies collection including his revolver, powder horn, letters, and his gold pocket watch. To watch this on YouTube, follow this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwg1awH-Z6c.

Here's more resources to learn more about John Bozeman:

The Bloody Bozeman by Dorothy Johnson

John M. Bozeman, Montana Trailmaker by Merrill Burlingame