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Article: Custer loses again at Little Bighorn in Montana. (George A. Custer) (Window on the West) (Illustration)
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- May 1, 1992
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In May, this grassy knob in Montana is usually washed by rain, sun, and the season's first wave of tourists. Nearly 116 years have passed since Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to defeat and into history here. Yet the battle still grips us--last year 295,000 visitors flocked to this remote plain 65 miles southeast of Billings. Formerly known as Custer Battlefield National Monument, it had ...