Historical Markers and War Memorials in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
Hot Springs is the county seat for Oglala Lakota County
Adjacent to Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
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On Big Foot Trail (County Road 27) 5.9 miles north of County Road 28. Reported damaged.
East 1/2 mile from this point on the old Cherry Creek - Pine Ridge Trail, Chief Big Foot (Spotted Elk) and his Minneconjou, wagon Horse band, with some forty braves and Sitting Bull's Hunkpapa band was intercepted and surrended on December 28, 1890 . . . — — Map (db m179956) HM
This monument erected by surviving relatives and other Ogallala and Cheyenne River Sioux Indians in memory of the Chief Big Foot Massacre December 29, 1890. Col. Forsyth was in command of the U.S. Troops. Big Foot was a great chief of the Sioux . . . — — Map (db m122747) WM
On an unnamed extension off Big Foot Trail, 0.1 miles north of Big Foot Trail and Mouse Creek Road, in the median.
Dec. 29, 1890, Chief Big Foot, with his Minneconjou and Hunkpapa Sioux Band of 108 warriors, 250 women and children were encamped on this Flat, surrounded by the U.S. 7th Cavalry (470 soldiers) commanded by Col. Forsythe.
The "Messiah Craze" . . . — — Map (db m40643) HM
