Custer and the 1873 Yellowstone Survey: A Documentary History

by Lubetkin

Book Overview

Progress on the nation's second transcontinental railroad slowed in 1873. The Northern Pacific's proposed middle--the 250 miles between present Billings and Glendive, Montana--had yet to be surveyed, and Sioux and Cheyenne Indians opposed construction through the Yellowstone Valley, the heart of their hunting grounds. A previous surveying expedition along the Yellowstone River in 1872 had resulted in the death of a prominent member of the party, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806192151
• ISBN13: 9780806192154
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"