Montana Visit and Drive to the Wyoming Campground

My plan for this leg of the trip was to drive over to the Tongue River State Park in Montana and spend a couple of nights and then take a day trip to visit the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.  The weather was not appealing for a motorcycle ride up to tour the battlefield, so I disconnected the trailer and just drove the RV up to do the monument tour.  The monument area was very interesting and informative.  Custer's "Last Stand" has always intrigued me since reading about it in school.

From this Montana State Park I drove over into Wyoming and traveled over the Bighorn Scenic Byway.  I made my way across US-14, thru Cody, to the Wapiti NFS Campground in the Shoshone National Forest, which was around 20mi. west of Cody, WY.


CLICK HERE for a SLIDE SHOW OF THIS ROUTE'S PICTURES

 
Montana Campground
Decker, MT

PassingBuffaloWY

Interstate 90 was utilized from Rapid City, SD thru Wyoming until the Tongue River SP exit.


TongueRiverMAP

Tongue River State Park, Montana





Appears to be a great fishing spot, specially with boats.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Crow Agency, Montana
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. It took place on June 25–26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory. Most battles in the Great Sioux War, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, were on lands those Indians had taken from other tribes since 1851. The Lakotas were there without consent from the local Crow tribe, which had a treaty on the area. Already in 1873, Crow chief Blackfoot had called for U.S. military actions against the Indian intruders.

Wikipedia               Indian-Soldier Battle Type Images            Park Pictures

Little Bighorn Area

Little Bighorn Battlefield
Montana, USA




LittleBigHornFacility

Custer National
Cemetary














Video clip....
Great Divide Pictures
presents the
Triumph & Tragedy Along the Little Bighorn

video created for the
National Park Service
US Department of the Interior


Cell Phone Audio Tour


Additional Cell Phone Audio Tour Info


Custer Battlefield Map


Webcams at
Little Bighorn
National
Memorial

Video clip.... RVERTV "YouTuber"
Little Bighorn Visitor Cener visit. (Starts at 9:40)


Video clip....  Battle of
Little Bighorn

Great video & talk conducted by a NPS Ranger Interpreter.


"Son of the Morning Star" (1991) - Complete George Custer Mini-Series
Tongue River State Park, MT  to  Wapita GC, WY
Wapita Campground is Around 30 Miles East of the Yellowstone NP East Entrance



Entering the Bighorn
National Forest



Hogback Interpretive Site sits along the Bighorn Scenic Byway.



Along the Bighorn Scenic Byway - US-14



US-14 Hwy






Burgess Junction Visitor Center, WY




Buffalo Bill Reservoir
 - west of Cody
 Buffal Bill Dam Info



Wapita Campground




Shoshone National
Forest




City of Cody WY flag

Cody, WY Info

 
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