The Battle of
​the Little Bighorn

A custom, small-group van tour with historian Neil Mangum. We will visit private, rarely-seen sites, including Deer Medicine Rocks and the Crow's Nest, before making a comprehensive exploration of the battlefield proper. Billings, Montana. August 1-4, 2024.
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Only 4 seats remaining out of 24 (as of Friday, June 28). ​
Please inquire about availability
(click on the button below to email). If seats remain, we'll send you a secure registration link via Square.  

General Itinerary:

August 1 (Thursday night): meet at our headquarters hotel, Homestead Inn and Suites in Hardin, Montana: 7:00 p.m. Orientation
August 2 (Friday): Deer Medicine Rocks, Busby, and the Crow's Nest (box lunch provided)
August 3 (Saturday): Route down Reno Creek, Reno's Valley Fight, Reno-Benteen Defense Site, Weir Point
August 4 (Sunday): Medicine Tail Coulee, Calhoun Hill, Keogh Sector, Deep Ravine, Custer Hill, National Cemetery

Neil Mangum pointing out markings, Deer Medicine Rocks
Jim Hessler at the Crow's Nest

Cost: $875 

What’s included: Thursday night (August 1) Orientation talk at the Homestead Inn (7:00 p.m. in breakfast nook off the lobby); seat one of our two, 12-passenger vans for 3 full days of touring (August 2, 3, and 4), box lunch on the first day, water and snacks on the van, the services of our on-board expert guide.
​What’s not included: hotel accommodations, lunch on days 2 and 3, evening meals. 
Headquarters Hotel: 
Homestead Inn & Suites
201 14th Street W, Hardin, MT 59034
We have a block of rooms under Woodbury Historical Tours, but you are not required to stay there. However, the tour van will leave each morning from the Homestead Inn.
Book your room: contact April at (406) 665-1700
AIRPORT: the closest major airport to Hardin is in Billings, approximately 45 minutes away. The tour van will make one or two trips between the airport and our hotel on Thursday (August 1), and at least one return trip on Monday (August 5). We will try to accommodate airport travelers, if possible. 
Above: Last Stand Hill at Little Bighorn Battlefield 
Our Guide:
Neil Mangum is one of the nation’s preeminent authorities on the Indian Wars, and a much sought-after guide for historical tours. His long career with the National Park Service included stints as historian, and later, superintendent at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument during periods of important change—working with the tribes to build the Indian Memorial, and overseeing the erection of the first Native American markers on the battlefield. He has published many articles and papers on Indian Wars subjects, and is author of The Battle of the Rosebud: Prelude to the Little Big Horn. ​