Little Big Horn National Battlefield

2,454 miles into our trip we found ourselves at the Little Big Horn National Battlefield in Montana. A very interesting historical site that I thought would have depicted the massacre of US soldiers in 1876. While the Native Americans won the battle, they lost the war and history is written by the victors.

I was glad to see that instead it was shown as a battle between two opposing armies – a few hundred overconfident soldiers from the 7th Calvary and almost 2,000 warriors from several of the plain Indian tribes led by Chief Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

The battle field marks where the soldiers fell. The Indians removed their dead without documenting the locations. There is a nice self-guided tour that we were able to drive in the light rain that was falling during our visit.

A worthwhile stop for anyone traveling through the area.