Rosebud Battlefield-Where the Girl Saved Her Brother | |
 Site sign, 2003 | |
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| Location | Big Horn County, Montana |
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| Nearest city | Busby, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45°13′50″N106°59′52″W / 45.23056°N 106.99778°W /45.23056; -106.99778 |
| Area | 4,220 acres (1,710 ha)[1] |
| Built | 1876 |
| Website | Official website |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000735 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 21, 1972[2] |
| Designated NHL | August 19, 2008[3] |
Rosebud Battlefield State Park inBig Horn County, Montana preserves a large portion of the battlefield of theBattle of the Rosebud, fought on June 17, 1876. The battle is known by various other names such asThe Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother by theNorthern Cheyenne, andCrook's Fight on the Rosebud. ANational Historic Landmark, the park is a day use facility offering hiking, hunting, picnicking and wildlife viewing. It is located 11 miles (18 km) south ofKirby, Montana onMontana Highway 314.[1][3]
Rosebud Battlefield State Park is located in a rural setting ofBig Horn County, Montana, southeast of Billings and just east of theNorthern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. It is located west of Montana Highway 314, in an area of rolling prairie characterized by numerous ridges. Immediately to the south of the battlefield is amesa, below whichRosebud Creek meanders in a generally easterly direction.[1]
The park has an information kiosk and vault toilet at its entrance, and a rough gravel road traverses around the main battlefield area, but is otherwise undeveloped.[4]
The Battle of the Rosebud, fought on June 17, 1876, marked a turning point in theGreat Sioux War of 1876, in which the United States sought to force Native American tribes in the region onto reservations.United States Army forces under the command of GeneralGeorge Crook were attacked here by a mixed force ofLakota Sioux and Cheyenne commanded byCrazy Horse, stopping an advance that was part of an intended three-pronged movement against Native villages in Bighorn area. Over a six-hour period, the battle extended across a nearly 3-mile (4.8 km) area along Rosebud Creek. It was tactically a stalemate, but Crook failed to make the planned rendezvous and withdrew from the theater of war, ultimately leaving GeneralGeorge Armstrong Custer exposed to defeat at theBattle of the Little Bighorn a week later.[1]
The Cheyenne name for the battlefield, "Where The Girl Saved Her Brother", is derived from an incident during the battle, in whichBuffalo Calf Road Woman, a Cheyenne woman, came to the rescue of her brother, Chief Comes in Sight, who was lying wounded on the battlefield. Her act of valor is said to have rallied the Native American forces.
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