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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MMA_medicine-tail-ford_Garryowen-MT.html
As soldiers descend Medicine Tail Coulee, the Minniconjou and Cheyenne camps were on the western bank. Archeological evidence supports Indian testimony, that initial fighting took place on the flats near the river to your left and cutbank directly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MM9_deep-coulee_Garryowen-MT.html
After the brief encounter near the river, Custer's two companies retreat up the ravine to your right known as Deep Coulee. The remainder of Custer's command skirmishes with warriors on the high ridge ½ mile to your right. Seizing the initiati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MM8_greasy-grass-ridge_Garryowen-MT.html
Warriors ascend the large ravine behind you pursuing Custer's troops. Soldiers retreat through the area to your front and right. Indians position themselves along the ridge to your left knows as Greasy Grass Ridge. Archeologists discovered numerou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MM7_lame-white-man-charge_Garryowen-MT.html
This knoll was contested by Indians and soldiers. Some evidence indicates soldiers of Company C occupied this position since bodies of Sergeants Finckle and Finley were found here.Indian testimony suggests that Southern Cheyenne war leader Lame Wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MM6_calhoun-hill_Garryowen-MT.html
After separate skirmishing, Custer's command reunites here. Company L, under Lt. James Calhoun, skirmishes with Gall, Crow King, Two Moons, and other warriors.From here these soldiers could have attracted Capt. Benteen's column and the pack train.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MM5_peace-through-unity_Garryowen-MT.html
Indian descendants of participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn helped form the vision of the Indian Memorial. The "Peace Through Unity" theme was conceived by the late Enos Poor Bear, Sr. and Austin Two Moons. Together, they were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MM4_1984-archeological-survey_Garryowen-MT.html
On August 10, 1983 a prairie fire swept over the battlefield, burning nearly 600 acres of dense, thick vegetation. In May and June of 1984 the National Park Service began an unprecedented systematic archeological survey of the Custer Battlefield. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MM3_keogh-crazy-horse-fight_Garryowen-MT.html
The Indian charge shatters the Calhoun defense and crashes through the soldier position at right, held by Capt. Myles Keogh's Company I, Crazy Horse and White Bull cut down the retreating soldiers who flee northwest along this ridge in an effort t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MM1_indian-encampment_Garryowen-MT.html
On June 25, 1876, approximately 7,000 Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho, including 1,500 - 2,000 warriors, encamped below on the Greasy Grass River (Little Bighorn). Under the political and spiritual leadership of Tatanka-Iyotanka (Sitting Bull), they…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MLR_custers-advance_Garryowen-MT.html
From the Crow's Nest, a vantage point 14 miles away in the Wolf Mountains, Custer's Crow and Arikara scouts saw evidence of the massive Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho encampment. Convinced that he was discovered, Custer abandoned plans for a reconn…