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Supplying Custer : the Powder River Supply Depot, 1876 / Gerald R. Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Gerald R., 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--Supplies and stores--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Black Hills War, 1876-1877--Antiquities.
- Black Hills War, 1876-1877.
- Black Hills War, 1876-1877--Equipment and supplies.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Montana--Prairie County.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- Prairie County (Mont.)--Antiquities.
- Prairie County (Mont.).
- Powder River Valley (Wyo. and Mont.)--History, Military--19th century.
- Powder River Valley (Wyo. and Mont.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City, Utah : The University of Utah Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Battle of the Little Bighorn is one of the best-known events in the history of the American West.Questions surrounding Custer's fate have been discussed and researched at length, but details about the transportation and logistics of military supplies have not been thoroughly investigated.
- Contents:
- Background
- Exploration and military operations in the Lower Yellowstone and Powder River country, 1805-1875
- The 1876 Sioux War to the beginning of white settlement
- Events of the 1876 Sioux War at the mouth of Powder River
- Archaeology and history at the Powder River Depot
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-356-4
- OCLC:
- 900020312
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