Just over the Wyoming-Montana border, ghostly memories haunt the plains.
In late June of 1876, warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes battled soldiers of the 7th Regiment of the US Cavalry on the banks of the Little Bighorn River in southeast Montana.
The 274 soldiers who followed George Armstrong Custer into battle were killed – including Custer himself. Among the combined tribes, at least 50 perished.
Some say their spirits still roam over the place where so many lost their lives. And sometimes, those ghostly memories become real enough to see and touch.
Infantry Cuff Button
On Monday, three groups of visitors to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument near Hardin reported an unusual find – a small button, about the size of a dime, bearing the insignia of a general infantryman from the Civil War.
