Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Rock Creek Station might have faded into obscurity, like so many other stage and Pony Express stations, except for one fateful day in 1861. On that July afternoon, one James Butler Hickok...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Rosebud Battlefield State Park P.O. Box 1630 Miles City, MT 59301 Phone: (406) 232-0900 History On the morning of June 17, 1876, Brig. Gen. George Crook, his 1,050 soldiers and 260...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following story and picture is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. Site of Fort Dilts 2 September 1864, Marmarth, North Dakota: Capt. James L. Fisk was...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Gregory F. Michno describes the Plum Creek Massacre in his book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars. 8 August 1864, Lexington, Nebraska: In addition to raiding along the Little Blue River, Cheyennes...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Bureau of Land Management P.O. Box 36800 Billings, MT 59107 Phone: 406-875-2233 or 406-896-5235 Email: [email protected] Pompeys Pillar is a rock outcropping that rises 200 feet...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. Crook and Reynolds suffered through a severe blizzard during the second week of March as they searched the valleys for sign of their...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Pioneer Cabin 212 South Park Avenue Helena, MT 59601 Phone: (406) 422-4727 Email: [email protected] In the fall of 1864, a miner named Wilson Butts staked his claim along Last Chance...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum P.O. Box 911 Douglas, WY 82633 Phone: 307-358-9288 Fax: 307-358-9293 The purpose of the Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum is to collect, preserve, interpret and...
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