BELTON — Concentrating on George Armstrong Custer’s “Indian wars,” Michael N. Donahue, a Temple College art professor and summertime park ranger at the Little Bighorn National Monument in Montana, ...

Sometimes to get remembered in history, you need a great publicist. This weekend marks the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn—also known as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’—a chapter in U.S.

“The Sioux say this officer was the bravest man they had ever fought.” — Sioux Chief Red Horse, 1881. “History is not history unless it is the truth.” — Abraham Lincoln, 1856. We’ve all heard the ...

Deadwood History and the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission will host a lecture by South Dakota Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau Scholar Jeff Barnes at 12 p.m. Sept. 19, at the Homestake ...

"What Really Happened at Little Big Horn" will be explored by author and internationally noted Custer historian Sandy Barnard at a lecture Sunday at the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame in Medora. In ...

‘Custer’s Last Stand,’ an 1899 oil-on-canvas painting by Edgar Samuel Paxson, depicts the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana from the point of view of the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry Regiment, led by Lt.

Like everything else about General George Custer, his martyrdom was shrouded in controversy and contradictions. The final act of his larger-than-life career played out on a grand stage with a ...

Matt Vincent, author of "Wild Times & True Tales From the High Plains," signs copies of his book following his presentation for Overland Trail Museum's History Café Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Callie ...