Better known as Custer’s Last Stand, this was on our way
from Flathead Lake, Montana to Buffalo, Wyoming, so we pulled in to take the
hike around the site with the audio tour that you access via your cell phone. Under orders from President Grant to move the
Sioux, Cheyenne & Lakota tribes to their reservation lands Custer’s small
army was no match for the 2,500 Native Americans who were defending their
rightful land. Sadly, many lost their
lives on both sides. Driving through Montana and then Wyoming, it seems like
there certainly was plenty of land for everyone to live peacefully.
There are markers for both cavalry and natives’ graves. The cemetery has also been used as a military
cemetery for those who have served in the US armed forces in wars since the
Spanish American war.
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| markers placed where soldiers are buried |
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| monument containing names of those who died |
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| military cemetery area |
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| looking down from the hill where Custer died |
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| markers for Native Americans |
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