Montana Horses Grazing
by Catherine Sherman
Title
Montana Horses Grazing
Artist
Catherine Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Montana Horses Grazing" by Catherine Sherman.
Horses of many colors graze under a clear blue sky in a pasture studded with sage brush near the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana.
Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and members of the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment rode through this field in June of 1876 on their way to a fatal confrontation, known as the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
The Battle took place on June 25–26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory.
The battle, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment.
The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, who were led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, and had been inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake). The U.S. 7th Cavalry, a force of 700 men, suffered a major defeat while under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (formerly a brevetted major general during the American Civil War).
Featured in "Our 4-Legged Friends" group (03/27/2020); "USA Photographers Only" group (08/22/22)
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March 19th, 2020
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Lynn Sprowl
A nice collection of horses grazing. Very scenic. l/f
Catherine Sherman replied:
Thank you very much, Lyn! These horses probably wonder why so many people pass through their pasture. It's a national monument!