Montana's DAR Markers . . . Honoring Where History Was Made

Woman, who rescued her brother, Chief Comes-In-Sight, after his
horse was shot out from under him. (In fact, the battle is known by the
Northern Cheyenne as “Where the Girl Saved Her Brother.”)
Nine soldiers were killed in action, and Crazy Horse lost 13
warriors. Although Crook claimed the battle as a victory due to routing
the Indians, he withdrew his troops to recuperate, providing fewer men
in the later fight at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
The Rosebud Battlefield was added to the National Register of
Historic Places partially due to the efforts of Elmer E. “Slim” Kobold
who homesteaded the battlefield area. He refused to allow mining of a
rich coal seam under his ranch in an effort to preserve this historic
location for future generations. In 1978, the site became a Montana
State Park, purchased largely from the state’s Coal Tax Fund.
(A note on terminology: this site has changed in official designation from
“battleground” to “battlefield.”)
SOURCES
• Historic monument records, Office of the Historian General, Wash. D.C.
• Record of Tablets and Markers Placed by Montana DAR 1908-1947, by Mrs.
Fred E. May
• State Centennial History, MSSDAR, by Iris McKinney Gray, Vol. V 1894-
1994
• Historical Sites Preserved and Markers Erected by MSSDAR and Its Chapters
1899-1977, by Mrs. R.V. Love and Mrs. E.E. Bruno
• MSSDAR 1982-1984 Pictorial Supplement to Historic Events of 1894-1977,
by Mrs. R.V. Love, Mrs. Sidney Groff and Miss Lorene Burks
• “Battle of the Rosebud,” http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1382.html
• The Billings Gazette newspaper, Billings Montana, “Site of Battle of the
Rosebud Between Sioux And Crook’s Forces Will Be Marked on Sunday,
Billings DAR Chapter Will place Tablet at Ceremonies,” June 10, 1934
• The Billings Gazette newspaper, Billings Montana, “Wrinkled Cheyenne
Warriors Tell of Battle With Crook and His Soldiers on the Rosebud,”
June 24, 1934
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