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By Barry Swackhamer, September 13, 2020
Scouting South of the Yellowstone Marker
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1 ► Montana, Rosebud County, Rosebud — Scouting South of the Yellowstone —
Beginning in early May, 1876 when the Lakota ran off about thirty horsed belonging to the Crow scouts, patrols from the Montana Column reported Indian sightings almost every day from the Big Horn River on down to Rosebud Creek. All signs indicated a . . . — — Map (db m164542) HM
2 ► Montana, Rosebud County, Rosebud — Rosebud Creek —
In June 1876, the column of General John Gibbon and Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, both under the command of General Alfred Terry, met near here at the mouth of Rosebud Creek aboard the steamer Far West. They were under orders to . . . — — Map (db m164624) HM
3 ► Montana, Rosebud County, Roebud — The Seventh Passes in Review —
At noon on June 22, 1876, the Seventh Cavalry under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer began its ill-fated march to the Little Bighorn near this location. General Alfred Terry, having ordered a parade review send-off for . . . — — Map (db m189167) HM
4 ► Montana, Rosebud County, Rosebud — Grave of Unknown Man —
In 1886, ranchers buried near here what many believe to be the remains of Private Nathan Short, Co. C, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Short was believed to be carrying a message from General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 70 miles S.W, of this . . . — — Map (db m313337) HM WM
5 ► Montana, Rosebud County, Rosebud — Custer Campsite - June 22, 1876 —
At noon, on June 22, 1876, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer's command broke camp along the Yellowstone River, passed in review of General Terry and Colonel Gibbon, and marched to the mouth of Rosebud Creek. The Seventh Cavalry then proceeded . . . — — Map (db m189172) WM
 
 
 
 
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