Last Stand Hill

They shot their own horses to hide behind. The only survivor of "The Last Stand" was a horse named Comanche, ridden by Cpt. Myles Keough.

Little Big Horn, MT: A beautiful morning. We headed off to the Custer Battlefield. Mike planned this well, because today is the actual day of the battle that took place on June 25 in 1876. There were two Indian groups on their ponies that did a mock charge on the hills around the battlefield. And the battlefield is spread over a large area. We drove/walked the route through the battlefield where markers were placed where soldiers and/or Indians fell. This place by the Little Big Horn is pretty much like it was 132 years ago. Pretty impressive. And it hit 88 today! YES!

Wyoming's rolling hills

Snow-capped Big Horn Mountains in the distance...

Tue, 6/24/08

Little Big Horn, MT: Left Devil’s Tower this morning at 7:20—an early start for us. Stopped in Gillette, WY, for fuel and breakfast. Driving across Wyoming on I90 was beautiful high rolling grasslands—mostly ranches. We actually saw a guy rounding up some cattle on a horse—kind of an anachronism really. What a great place to have a horse though—no trees and this vast area of rolling hills. You could ride forever. About 30 miles past Gillette we started seeing the snow-capped Big Horn Mountains. And the grassland turned into more scrub land covered with sage brush—sort of like the desert southwest. Prong Horns are everywhere. We arrived at Hardin, MT, at about 2:00. Staying at a Good Sam park. Not the greatest, but we’re only here two nights and we have full hook-ups. We’re going to go to the Little Big Horn battlefield and museum tomorrow and maybe check out the Big Horn Canyon Recreation area. Supposed to have bad weather. We’ll see.