The fort was built along the Bozeman Trail to protect wagon trains traveling to gold strikes in Montana. ... the Fetterman Fight. On Dec. 6, 1866, ...

Dave McKee, of the Fort Phil Kearney/Bozeman Trail Association, ... Capt. William Fetterman and some of his 80 troopers might have survived annihilation if just 500 Sioux, ...

Explain Red Cloud's strategy in opposing the establishment of forts along the Bozeman Trail. Describe the events that occurred on Dec. 21, 1866 during the Fetterman Fight as Misty Stoll explains.

One of three forts built along the Bozeman Trail by the U.S. Army to protect travelers from attacks by Plains Indians, Fort Phil Kearny Historic Site gives visitors a ... the Fetterman Fight and ...

Old US 10, MP 1.5, east of Bozeman On July 14, 1806, Captain William Clark, accompanied by 11 members of the expedition party, camped about a mile east of here on the flat at the mouth of Kelly ...

If you are expecting another Fort Laramie when you visit Fort Fetterman, north of Douglas, don’t. Only two buildings have been restored, so you have to picture in your mind, ...

Today, and in future years, visitors can view the national historic landmark sites at Fort Phil Kearny and the Fetterman Battlefield much as they looked when the military, Indians, civilians and ...