Crow's Nest

Crow's Nest

June 25, 1876

Crow's Nest

June 25, 1876
📍 Crow Agency, Big Horn County🧭 45.52203, -107.37835

Marker Inscription

From this promontory 13 miles away in the Wolf Mountains, Custer's scouts observe the Lakota, and Cheyenne pony herd and evidence of a large village in the valley behind you. Convinced the Indians had spotted his regiment and would soon scatter, Custer decides to attack before they flee.

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