BISMARCK — Mark Kellogg was an itinerant journalist and telegraph operator who followed the Northern Pacific Railway as it forged an iron path through the Dakota Territory frontier. After stints in ...

Benteen survived because Custer divided his command into three parts. Troops under Benteen and Maj. Marcus Reno eventually joined in a defensive position on the bluffs above the Little Bighorn River ...

Rick Williams impersonates George Armstrong Custer. Williams specializes in the controversial military leader’s Civil War experiences, but some of his performances have raised the ire of Native ...

You don't need to be a professor of American history to feel the fascination of the story of George Armstrong Custer and the events of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. For anyone who just loves a ...

BRAINERD — People may not remember the Battle of Little Big Horn. But they’ve almost certainly heard of Custer’s Last Stand. They are one and the same, however, with the latter popularized as an ...

Americans were in shock in early July 1876. It wasn’t supposed to have been that way. It was the country’s centennial, after all, a time for a national party. Instead, stunning news came from the ...

For many young and impressionable readers in the 1960s, there was an incisive and hilarious book, Thomas Berger’s “Little Big Man,” that did more than any other to replace the outdated narrative of ...

This story is part of a series marking the 125th anniversary of The Battle at the Little Big Horn, in June 1876. On Oct. 9, 1864, before the Union force of Brig. Gen. George Custer charged into the ...

The wrath of President Grant -- Glorious war -- Chasing shadows on the plains -- Death along the Washita -- Battling Sioux in Yellowstone country -- Black Hills, red spirits -- Prelude to war -- First ...

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument marks the spot of one of the most iconic and deadliest clashes between indigenous American Indians and the United States government. It was here on a hill ...

As a soldier, General Ulysses S. Grant had depended upon the able assistance of Ely S. Parker, a Seneca Indian. As president, Grant tried with little success to ensure peaceful relations with Native ...

On June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer and some 265 men under his command died in the Battle of Little Big Horn, often referred to as Custer's Last Stand. We all know the term, but what is the ...