A gory painting from his childhood makes a lifelong impression on a future Wild West expert.
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Revered Hunkpapa Warrior Gall Found Success at the Little Bighorn
Hunkpapa Sioux leaders and Battle of the Little Bighorn veterans Gall and Sitting Bull, […]
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Beech Starship: ‘Little Bighorn With Wings’
Expectations were high when Burt Rutan teamed up with Beech to produce the Starship […]
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Little Bighorn Battlefield Also Has Museum Treats
Custer relics are part of the large collection. The June 1876 Battle of the […]
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How Custer Met His End at Little Bighorn
How could Custer and his regiment—widely seen as the best on the frontier — fall so spectacularly?
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The ‘Arapaho Five’ at the Little Bighorn
Among the fighting Sioux and Cheyennes were a quintet of young Arapahos who really […]
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A 7th Cavalry Survivor of Little Bighorn Owed His Life to a Horse — But Not His Own
Sgt. Daniel Kanipe was the last man in Company C to leave Custer’s five companies under orders and without suspicion of cowardice.
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An Old Army-Issue Colt Resurfaces—Did It See Battle at Little Bighorn?
When the serial number of a gun in a private collection incredibly matches that of one from a 7th Cavalry inventory, the hunt is on to determine if it was used at the famous battle.
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Correspondent Mark Kellogg Was ‘At the Death’ on the Little Bighorn
Though well compensated, he didn’t live to tell the story. Reporter Mark Kellogg needed […]
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What Happened to the Custer Family After the Last Stand at Little Bighorn?
George’s widow Libbie and their hometown of Monroe, Mich. mourned the losses along with other Custer relatives.