John Bozeman did a lot in his short life—and left a legacy that carries his name today.
He was just 25 when he hit the Montana gold fields in 1862. Mining didn’t pan out, so he and a friend blazed a shortcut into the territory that was named after him—the Bozeman Trail. He also founded a town by that name. In 1863, he was one of the founders of the Montana Vigilantes.
In 1867, he was killed whil
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