The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-26

| Nelson A. Miles U. 5. A. and was
named in honor OF Capt. Miles Keough
! who with Custer lost his life June 20,
1876, on the banks of the Little Big
Horn River For years this tort was
an important post, occupied by Infantry
and cavalry in large Plumbers. There
we're Is officers residences. 1t was
abandoned as an active post in 1907,
but it is now used by the Govt. as a
remount post where fresh horses are
trained for cavalry service and re
mounts" supplied.
At Rosebud (250l # alt)we crossed the
Rosebud River and near the head
waters of this stream is the reserva-
ticn of the Northern Cheyenne Indians
Their reservation lies between the
Tongue and Rosebud rivers and is about
30 miles square. Totte west, our con-
ductor said, is the Cheyenne reserva-
ton and along the Big Horn, and Little
Big Horn rivers is the Crow Indians
reservation. This reservation is but
remnant of its former self. The
Crow Indians figured prominently in the
early history of the west and were the
most expert horse stealers on the
plains in old Indian days, but are
settled down to farming now and have
valuable irrigated reservation. 1t
was through here that we saw the first
irrigation.
Custer (alt. 2749 ft.) formerly was the
railway station for Fit. Custer now
abandoned 30 miles distant once a
large military post located near the
scene of the Custer battle-ground of
1876, where Gen. Cutter lost his life,
Just before we reached Custer we
crossed the Big Horn river at its
mouth and just beyond the town the
train passes through Big Horn tunnel
100 fit long and cut through the bluffs
that impinge on the Yellowstone River
Our next stop was at Pompey's Pillar
about 6 +. Nj. Thursday (alt 1894 IT,
A short distance to the north of the
station is land mark of historic in
terest ana Of odd and interesting APP
pearance. 1t was discovered by Capt.
Clark of Lewis and Clark fame on his
return journey across the continent
in 1906 and half way up one of it's sides
is still to be seen the inscription cut
by the great explorer himself "Wm.
Clark, July %, 1906"
His ragged letters in the yellow sand
stone have been covered with a steel
screen, placed there by the North
Pacific Railway Co. and are thus care
fully protected as a valuable historic
souvenir. This pillar is washed by the
waters of the Yellowstone, which APP
peared in crossing it to be as yellow as
gold, from the soil that it carries in
solution.
Our next stop was at Huntley (alt.
1898 ft) close to Billings which we
reached about sunset Wednesday Eve.
Here as at Terry we got out to enjoy a
breath of fresh air, from our short stop
and what we saw of the city judge it
must be pretty. 1t has most beauti
full depot, short distance from the
depot beautiful Public Library and a
new S250,000 Opera House. Not far
away is a large modern sugar beet
plant. The only one in Montana of
200 ton capacity completed in 100 Cat
a cost of 81, 250,0 900 and annually con-
sumes beets from $4,000 acres adjacent
At Laurel latitude 33llf0 sugar
beets are grown extensively for the
factory at Billings.
We made short 5 minute stops at
Big Timber (alt. 1904 ft) and Columbus
talt 1924 it, and as it was growing dark
we could see but lite of the stone
cliffs adjacent to Columbus. This stone
his great merit and is largely used in
Montana, their State Capitol being
largely constructed from it,
Well, ..as my letter is growing
rather lengthy and probably tiresome
to you, ! will close for this time and
continue from here in my next letter,
just adding we reached our destination
safe.
CATHERINE M. DOOLAN,
North Yakima
Wash,