Historical Markers and War Memorials in Harding County, South Dakota
Buffalo is the county seat for Harding County
Adjacent to Harding County, South Dakota
Butte County(12) ► Perkins County(18) ► Carter County, Montana(8) ► Fallon County, Montana(1) ► Adams County, North Dakota(3) ► Bowman County, North Dakota(3) ►
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U.S. Highway 85 Regina, Canada – El Paso, Texas 1588 miles through five states South Belle Fourche • 78 Deadwood • 103 North State Line • 80 Williston, N.D. • 219 Probably the first white men to traverse this area were Wilson Price Hunt and his . . . — — Map (db m231200) HM
The surrounding hills became part of the Custer National Forest July 2, 1908. The cliffs you see on three sides are the Tongue River Member of the Fort Union Geological Formation. The formation, about 56 million years old, is massive sandstone . . . — — Map (db m113212) HM
Crow Buttes, located in Harding County, was the scene of a bizarre battle between the Crow and Sioux Indians in the summer of 1822. Sioux men ravaged a Crow camp, destroying it and raping the squaws. Warfare ensued, Crow warriors left their women . . . — — Map (db m231199) HM
Following the disastrous battles of the Rosebud and Little Big Horn
(Custer) in Montana in June, 1876, the Sioux, save Gall and Sitting
Bull with 400 lodges who went to Canada and Crazy Horse and his
band, in the main, started to drift back to . . . — — Map (db m183413) HM WM
The Castles
Administered by the Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
has been designated a
Registered Natural Landmark
This site possesses exceptional value as an . . . — — Map (db m154916) HM