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The Little Bighorn: Art for the Ages

by Greg Lalire6/21/20226/1/2022

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

by G. Sam Carr1/10/20204/17/2020

Hunkpapa Sioux leaders and Battle of the Little Bighorn veterans Gall and Sitting Bull, […]

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Beech Starship: ‘Little Bighorn With Wings’

by Peter Garrison3/6/20193/22/2019

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

by John Rose10/3/2018

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

by Robert M. Utley2/2/20188/19/2022

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

by John Koster8/16/2017

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

by John Koster8/16/20178/2/2022

Sgt. Daniel Kanipe was the last man in Company C to leave Custer’s five companies under orders and without suspicion of cowardice.

A detail of a circa-1878 lithograph called "General Custer's Death Struggle" depicts the last moments of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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An Old Army-Issue Colt Resurfaces—Did It See Battle at Little Bighorn?

by Lee A. Silva8/15/20178/5/2022

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

by John Koster6/15/2017

Though well compensated, he didn’t live to tell the story. Reporter Mark Kellogg needed […]

A colorized portrait of George and Libbie Custer.
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What Happened to the Custer Family After the Last Stand at Little Bighorn?

by HistoryNet Staff6/10/20178/31/2022

George’s widow Libbie and their hometown of Monroe, Mich. mourned the losses along with other Custer relatives.

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