Cody Wyoming - Buffalo Bill Center of the West (9/22- -9/25)

 We moved on to Cody Wyoming to visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. This is a marvelous museum that highlights the the life of Wild Bill Cody and has a nature museum and the largest gun collection in the US. We spent portions of two days in the museum and attended a Raptor show. They displayed two species, the Great Horned Owl and the Peregrine Falcon. It was a great show and we learned a great deal from the presentation. The one fascinating fact is that the Peregrine Falcon can dive at speeds over 200 miles per hour while attacking their prey. 

We relaxed at this campground and even spent some time at their trout pond and in the attached gun shop. 

Cody RV Trout Pond

My new friend

Snowy Owl

Plains Indian Residence!

Display in Museum!

Archaeologists at work!

For rent at the campground

Home in Cody!

Behind the Campground!

A man and his dog!

Sign of the times!

My kind of place!

Hey, there's a big bear behind you!

Great Horned Owl in the presentation!

Peregrine Falcon!

Great presentation!

Plains Indians!

A small part of the gun museum!

This is a big gun! Just a display!

All of these cabinets contain guns of the collection!

Wild Bill! The one on the right!

Great Museum!

The original sweat lodge!

A beautiful Bird!

Little Bighorn National Battlefield 9/21/2020

We left Medora on 9/20/2020 and drove to Hardin Montana which is just a few miles from the Little Bighorn battlefield. The next day we visited the park. The welcome center was closed but we were able to tour the battlefield where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and more than 260 soldiers met their death. This battle was one of the last efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their ancestral way of life. 

There are memorials to the soldiers and the tribes that fought this battle. The gravestones in my picture were placed on the spots where the soldiers and Indians fell. There is also a National Cemetery at this location that contains many of the graves of the soldiers who died in this battle. Lots of history here.

Custer's body was later relocated to West Point. 

We left the beach two weeks ago. What?

Heading to Hardin Mt. What a beautiful state.

Baling time.

The art of the local farmers!

This was on the picnic table when we arrived. A welcome for Carol's dog!

Home in Hardin!

There's no place like home!

A National Cemetery!

The remains of a portion of the unidentified soldiers who fell at Little Big Horn

Custer is in the middle!

These headstones are all over the area and they mark where the soldiers fell. This was the center of the last stand.

In a circular memorial there are many of these statements authored by several of the Indians who 
fought in the battle. In my opinion we were the aggressor's here. The Indians were off their reservations 
enjoying a peaceful summer along the Little Bighorn River

This our tour group. Fun spending time with family. 

This tree has memorials left by visitors.

Wild horses take the road when they want to .

Dry and very beautiful!

Near where one of the battles took place.

National cemetery!

The Indian memorial!

And more horses!

The Indian encampment was on the other side of the tree line which was along the Little Bighorn River
The soldiers attacked the Indian Village and were met by a large contingent of warriors. The Soldiers 
retreated across the river up the draws in the picture. This attack was before the Indians attacked the Custer company!

South of where the Custer company was attacked!

They went North trying to find out what happened to Custer's men!

Great restaurant in Hardin!

Sunset at the Hardin KOA!