Montana Gallery

US Army survivors of Custers Last Stand - horse and scout, Curley

Horse "Comanche" and Custer's scout Curley, the only US Army survivors of the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

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Sioux grave on the northern plains

Sioux grave with bison skulls, on the banks of the Yellowstone River, eastern Montana, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Sioux family riding to a ceremonial dance, using a travois for extra belongings.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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