Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

On a scorching June Sunday in 1876, thousands of Indian warriors converged on a grassy ridge rising above the valley of Montana's Little Bighorn River. On the ridge five companies of United States cavalry,including officers and troopers, fought desperately but hopelessly against many times their number. When the guns fell silent and the smoke and dust of battle lifted, no soldier survived. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument memorializes the epic Battle of the Little Bighorn fought on June 25-26, 1876. Here in the valley of the Little Bighorn, Lt Col. George Armstrong Custer and 262 soldiers and attached personel of the 7th Cavalry, guided by Crow and Arikara scouts, met defeat and death by an overwhelming force of over 1,500 Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors.

Plane - Billings Logan International Airport located 65 miles NW, Airport in Sheridan Wyoming, 73 miles to the South,

Car - Interstate 90 Exit 510

Public Transportation - Bus service available at Billings, MT, Sheridan, WY with travel to Crow Agency, Montana 1.5 miles NW of the Little Bighorn Monument.