The Custer Trail - Fort Abraham Lincoln to the Little Bighorn

A fur traders rendezvous was in progress as we descended from the blockhouses of the infantry post Fort McKeen. There we met with an enlisted man who explained something of the arms and uniform of a 7th Cavalry trooper before taking us to the barracks located on one side of Cavalry Square at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota. On another side of the square, Officer's Row, stands the Custer House. We enjoyed stepping back to the year 1875 for a guided look around.

We then took Greyhound buses to Hardin, Montana, via Billings along the way we were able view Pompey's Pillar on the banks of the Yellowstone. This of course had a Custer connection, although from the Summer Campaign of 1873 rather than the one in 1876.

Taking lodgings in Hardin we then had our own date with destiny at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. We hadn't come all the way from England to view it from a tour bus so we walked the 4.50 miles Reno/Benteen Battlefield to Last Stand Hill. Enjoy it here if you can bear the out of tune singing along the way!

August 1993

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