Garryowen in Big Horn County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)

Garryowen, Montana - Sitting Bull’s Camp

Garryowen, Montana Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 13, 2016

1. Garryowen, Montana Marker

Inscription. Where the Battle of Little Big Horn Began June 25, 1876 (map of battlefield) (showing Custer’s column, Reno’s column, Indian camp, Last Stand Hill) Custer Battlefield Museum

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical date for this entry is June 25, 1876.

Location. 45° 31.593′ N, 107° 25.012′ W. Memorial is in Garryowen, Montana, in Big Horn County. It is on Frontage Road (Interstate 90 at milepost 514), on the left when traveling south. Marker is in the front lawn of the Custer Battlefield Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Garryowen MT 59031, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Montana’s and he Crow Nation,

in Southeast Montana, in Custer Country. It is also in the American Mountain West,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

on the prairies,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the Northern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Garryowen (a few steps from this marker); Weir Point (approx. 1.3 miles away); Weir Point Fight (approx. 1.3 miles away); Custer Last Seen (approx. 1.3 miles away); Sharpshooter Ridge (approx. 1.3 miles away); Medicine Tail Coulee (approx. 1.4 miles away); Medicine Tail Coulee Ford (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Garryowen.

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Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 13, 2016

2. Garryowen, Montana Marker

Full view of marker, in front of museum

Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,753 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 29, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.