Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Travel Guide

 Bwana_Brown Says:  For more than 100 years after the battle, the National Park marking the defeat of General Custer was slanted as a memorial to only the US Cavalry troops involved in the battle. There were no memorials or gravestones to mark the sites of the many American Indians who also... 

 Bwana_Brown Says:  This photo from where General Custer and his troops were killed shows the view down the Little Bighorn River (trees on the right) as well as a Park road that leads 5-miles to where the remainder of his force was also engaged in battle. We made the short drive along the road,... 

 Bwana_Brown Says:  This view from the hilltop Memorial shows the sloping hillside where Custer and his troops made their last stand. After determining that American Indians were not far away, Custer had taken approximately 220 of his soldiers and Indian scouts (about a third of his total... 

 Bwana_Brown Says:  Our main objectives on this trip were Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Parks further west and south of Montana. We had pre-booked four nights accommodations inside/near these parks but decided to leave home two days earlier so we could do some exploring along the way. The... 

 Bwana_Brown Says:  There are National Park Rangers available at the Little Bighorn Battle site to give presentations at the Visitor Center on various aspects of the historic battle that took place here or to take groups of tourists on guided walking tours of the actual battle site.... 

 KimberlyAnn Says:  The National Cemetery was originally established in 1879 to protect the graves of the Seventh Cavalrymen who fell in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Later, however, the role of the cemetery changed. In 1886 President Grover Cleveland set aside a larger area for the... 

 KimberlyAnn Says:  In this area Indians lead by Crazy Horse and White Bull charged the retreating solders of Companies C and I, led by Captain Myles Keogh, who were trying to join Custer on Last Stand Hill. All members of company C and I were killed. Later Captain Keogh’s horse, Commanche, was... 

 KimberlyAnn Says:  The accounts of Indian warriors reported that the soldiers from Company C charged into the coulee that you see at this location. The charge was intended to break up the warriors who were massed there. The Indians retaliated with heavy fire, forcing the soldiers back to the... 

 KimberlyAnn Says:  During the Campaign of June 1876, as the 7th Calvary converged on the Indians in the Little Bighorn River area, the army divided its regiments into various groups, each with a separate goal. At that time about 7,000 Lakota, Arapaho, and Cheyenne families were camped along... 

 KimberlyAnn Says:  Sharpshotoers Ridge, was originally occupied by Custer, who watched Reno’s attack of the Indian camp in the valley, before he moved further north. Later in the battle, this hill was occupied by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, giving them an advantage point from which to view... 

 KimberlyAnn Says:  At the end of the park road, you will find a trail titled Reno-Benteen Entrenchment Trail. You can pick up a small booklet here for $1.00 that will explain the various numbered markers that you will see as you walk this trail. In this area, Major Marcus Reno’s three... 

 KimberlyAnn Says:  Last Stand Hill, a memorial for the 7th Cavalry, is located near the Indian Memorial, and again can be walked to from the Visitor Center or included as part of the drive. It was on this hill that Custer and about 41 men shot their horses so they could hid behind them, and... 

 Bwana_Brown Says:  We left Regina, Saskatchewan in mid-afternoon to start our long drive to the first accommodations in Glendive, Montana. We were quite hungry by the time we reached Stuart, MT so stopped to order a couple of Mcdonald's chicken salad plates. Sue enjoyed her meal as we drove,...