Johnson Dorothy. The Bloody Bozeman: the Perilous Trail to Montana

McGraw-Hill, 1971. — 366 p.This book is an interesting history of the Bozeman Trail from 1862 through 1868 and beyond as told through a number of anecdotes describing the trials and tribulations of a number of individuals who traveled on or were influenced by the trail. The Bozeman Trail extended from Fort Laramie in a northwesterly direction through present day Wyoming and Montana toward the gold fields of Virgina City, Montana Territory. While the trail facilitated westward travel and settlement, it also precipitated Red Cloud's War and had its share of crime committed by whites.