LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD

 A little further down the road we came upon "Custer's Last Stand".  We had an amazing parks ranger who retold the story and actually brought history alive.  This is a picture of the National
Cemetery on the property, where all the fallen soldiers were exhumed from shallow graves  and later buried there along with many other soldiers from other Indian wars.

 This is in memory of all the horses that were killed.  One horse
survived.  They found him down by the river, half dead, drinking
water.  Which was coming out some of the bullet holes as he drank.  They took him to one of the military posts and nursed him back to health and he lived quite a few years after that.  He was never ridden again, but was used in military funerals with the empty boots in the stirrups.

 The tombstone with the black with white lettering
is where Col. Custer's body was found, right at the fore front of his men.  All the white markers show where each body was found.  It is a very spiritual
place.  Just thinking of those who lost their lives.  Most where very young, and untrained, which were attack by alot of Indians.






The red markers were placed where Indians lost their
lives.  They were also working on an Indian monument, but we were unable to go near it.  It was under
construction.

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This is the  monument at the top of the hill, listing all those who died on this battlefield.










Here are the markers were the bodies were found.