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Remembering the Rosebud Battle at Museum at the Bighorns
On June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer and all the men in the 7th Cavalry, lost their lives along the Little Bighorn River in Montana to a combined force of Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors.
Preceding the Custer fight was the Battle of Rosebud Creek, or in Cheyenne terms, Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother. Buffalo Calf Road Woman, seeing her brother fall, rode into the battle and rescued him. Later, she fought alongside her husband in the Battle of the Greasy Grass where Custer met his fate.
On Saturday, March 21, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., the Museum at the Bighorns will welcome Spencer Morris, Recreational Specialist Tongue River Reservoir and the Rosebud Battlefield State Parks. Morris will give a special presentation on the Battle of the Rosebud, highlighting the peoples, the lasting legacy of the battle, and Rosebud Battlefield State Park.
Other exhibits at the Museum include Transitions of the Landscape Exhibit until June 28, 2026 – This exhibit presents a selection of Jessamine Spear Johnson photographs from the 1926 events of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. This exhibit explores significant anniversary events of our nation and region, while offering the opportunity to share Jessamine’s view as a resident of the Bighorn Mountain region.
The museum also announced that on Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 a.m – 11:00 a.m there will be a program titled, Custer’s Last Battle; a Historical Archaeology View.
Using innovative and standard archaeological techniques, combined with historical documents and Indian eyewitness accounts, Dr. Richard Allan Fox will present his historical archaeology view of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Dr. Richard Fox specializes in historical archaeology and the prehistory of the Great Plains.
Also, history buffs are encouraged to pick up a copy of Newspaper Accounts of the Day, of General George Crook’s Campaign of 1876, June 5 through August 3, at the Museum Store.
