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...Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
...Little Bighorn Battlefield
Bighorn Canyon
The Bighorn Canyon is a national recreation area in south central Montana, south of Billings. It drops a few miles into Wyoming, and is a part of the Crow Indian Reservation. The ground is shared with the Little Bighorn Battlefield, and pictures of the battlefield are below.
Bighorn Canyon
The Bighorn River flows through the canyon floor.
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Ewing-Snell Historic Ranch
Barry's Landing
The Ewing-Snell Historic Ranch is on the grounds of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. The house is used by park rangers, but the corral, above, is long-abandoned.
Above and Right: Barry's Landing, for boaters at the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Barry's Landing
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon
Horshoe Bend Marina
Bighorn Canyon
Bighorn Canyon

The following pictures were taken at the Little Bighorn Battlefield in what is now the northeast section of the Crow Indian Reservation.

The Little Bighorn battle took place on June 25, 1876. The U.S. 7th Cavalry was defeated by Sitting Bull's force of Lakota and Northern Cheyenne Indians. Because it is the battle in which George A. Custer was killed it's also known as Custer's Last Stand.

The battle was so named after the river Little Bighorn near which it was fought.

Horseshoe Bend Marina in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Is anyone else reminded of E.T., or is it just my weird imagination?
OK-a-Beh Marina on the Crow Indian Reservation
on the Crow Indian Reservation
on the Crow Indian Reservation
Above and the two shots below were taken while crossing the Crow Indian Reservation from Saint Xavier west to Pryor.
on the Crow Indian Reservation
The Monument to the Indians
The Indian Memorial to give recognition to the Native Americans who fought the Little Bighorn battle.
grave markers around the spot where Custer was killed
Though the bodies have been reinterred, markers were placed on the spot where 7th Cavalry men, including Custer, had fallen. Custer's grave maker is the one with lettering on black. Custer's remains are now at West Point Cemetery.
memorial inscription
horse cemetery
death marker
Custer National Cemetery
This is Custer National Cemetery. It is one of many U.S. national cemeteries across the U.S.

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