Big Horn County Heritage and Fort Custer History
A historical reminiscence traces Big Horn County’s fur trade era from Chief Arapooish through Garryowen and Hardin, noting Fort Custer’s dismantling and the Crow Agency, with twists from Verendrye to Clark and Colter. The piece links place names, explorers, and early Montana trade to the region’s enduring heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn County
Custer
Walter ED Taylor
Arapooish
Robert Pamper
Rocky Mountain Fur Co
Campbell
Wington Irving
Captain Bonneville
Crow
Crow Country
Billings
Reveral Big Horn
Garryowen
Gton
Seventh Cavalry
Hardin
Samuel Hardin
Montana
Wyoming
Pryor Mountains
Pryor
Ana Little Big Horn Valley
Yola
William Clark Cam
Big Horn
The
Chevalier de la Verendrye
Louis
Joseph Verendrye
Montreal
Fort la Reine
Winnipeg
Big Horns
Black Hills
South Dakota
Wine River Range
Chevaliere la Verendrye
Old Kingans
Lear Montreal
Verendrye
Francis Parkman
Verendryes
Parkman
Wyoming Line
Wye
Doane Robinson
Historical Society of
South Ota
Charles E. DeLand
Robinson
Little Missouri
Casper
Wyo
Francis A. Laroque
Clark
Yellowstone
John Colter
Lewis Eee Clar
Manuel Lisa
Fort Manuel
Colter
Sergeant Potts
Jefferson
Yellowstone National Park
Valley of the Big Horn
Lisa
St. Louis
Manuel
Wilson Price Hunt
John Jacob Astor
American Fur Co
Big Horn Valley
Big Horn Canyon
Big Horn Mountains
Clark’s Fork
Big Horn Country
Bad Pass
Andrew Henry
Jedediah Smith
Thomas Fitzgerald
James Bridger
Milt
Bill Sublette
William Ashley
Ashley
General Ashley
Big Horn River
Wind River Mountains
William F. Reynolds
Jim Bridger
Reynolds
Bridger
Smet
Northwest
de Smet
Old Fort Smith
Crow Indian Reservation
Canyon of the Big Horn
Edward Gilette
Burlington Railway
Chasm
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Royal Gorge
Arkansas River
Yellowstone River
Bic Horn
Alaska
Giselte
Canyon
M. W
Burtington
W. G. Griffin
J. P . M. J. W. Newell
Samuel T. Hauser
Stuart
Bostwick
Geery
Stuarty
John Boseman
Fort
F. C
the Little Big Horn
F. C. Smith
St. Xavier
Hay Corral
Little Big Horn
Fort Custer
George P. Buell
Eleventh Infantry
Don Carlos Buell
Army of Ohio
John Smith
Second Cavalry
First Cavalry
Tenth Cavalry
Arizona
Tenth
Coxey
Onecen Railway Union
Pirageh
Las Guasimas
Swan Hill
Port Custer
Eer
Mel
Tel Fort
Crow Agency
Chief Plenty Cours
Pill
Daughters of the Can Revolution
Gene Custer
Last of a Westward Era Miner Passes After 50 Years of Prospecting
A veteran prospector and freighter who traversed multiple states and the Rockies, spent his final years placer mining near Montrose and near the Snake River in Idaho. He toured Yellowstone with his pack horse and mule, seeking rest with his daughter, after a life spanning railroads, cattle ranching, and frontier exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
A. J. Stanbery
Leadville
Colo
Montgomery County
Ala
Oklahoma Territory
Mershall Pass
Colorado
Montana
Oregon
Snake River
Idaho
Wyoming
Dude
Akela
Ray
Rockies
Old Mexico
Canada
Spa
Baker City
Ore
Ting
Montrose
Piute
Baldy
Aecess
Becky
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Canyon OF Big Horn
On the Little Bigorn
John Coster
Harvard
Bulk Canyon
Charles J. Belden
Great Pitchfork Ranch
Pitchfork
Belden
James Stuart
Bannack
Edgar Fairweather
Ruby Valley
Edgar-Fairweather
Aldergulch
John M. Bozeman
John Jacobs
Jacobs
Upper
George Ives
Sun Bear
Thomas B. Marquis
Bismarck
N. D
Tribune
Bozeman Trail
Crow Reservation
General Custer
Custer Battlefield
Dizzy
Dizzy Dean
Creek
Mich
Generel
c/o
Ceaer
Battle Creek
Vpeciaes
Stone
Ocean