Just after crossing into Montana we stopped at the site of the Little Big Horn. Both Jim and I love historical things, so this was an excellent stop.
Their is a military grave yard at the site and I couldn't hardly believe it but we found the grave of the Lt John Jenness I mentioned in an earlier post.
Near the actual monument where the body of Custer was located there are a lot of head stones, as this is where the main battle took place. There have been headstones placed at each location where remains have been found. When you stand at the top of the hill you can look all around and see the headstones, it sort of gives you a better understanding of how the battle played out.
We walked along a trail that led down the hill to a ravine that some of the soldiers had been headed towards and all along the trail are headstones. Most of them are inscribed with just the words "US Soldier". It made me a little sad that so many men were buried without their name on the headstone for us to remember them by.
We saw very few Indian headstones, thankfully they were inscribed with their names.
They even had a headstone for the horses that died in battle.
The last thing we looked at was a monument in honor of the Indians. This is just a small section of the circular monument that caught Jim's eye. Inside the circle there was information about the tribes that fought to defend their way of life.
It was all interesting but rather sad.
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