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The Little Bighorn River is a tributary of the Bighorn River
Bighorn River

The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 461 mi long, in the western United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 in the states of Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
 and Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
. The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn—also known as Custer's Last Stand, and, in the parlance of the relevant Native Americans in the United States, the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek—was an armed engagement between a Lakota people-Northern Cheyenne combined force and the U.S....
 was fought along its banks in 1876.

The Little Bighorn rises in extreme northern Wyoming, along the north side of the Bighorn Mountains.






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The Little Bighorn River is a tributary of the Bighorn River
Bighorn River

The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 461 mi long, in the western United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 in the states of Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
 and Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
. The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn—also known as Custer's Last Stand, and, in the parlance of the relevant Native Americans in the United States, the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek—was an armed engagement between a Lakota people-Northern Cheyenne combined force and the U.S....
 was fought along its banks in 1876.

The Little Bighorn rises in extreme northern Wyoming, along the north side of the Bighorn Mountains. It flows northward into Montana and across the Crow Indian Reservation, past the towns of Wyola
Wyola, Montana

Wyola is a census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, Montana, United States. The population was 186 at the 2000 United States Census....
, Lodge Grass
Lodge Grass, Montana

Lodge Grass is a town in Big Horn County, Montana, Montana, United States. The population was 510 at the 2000 United States Census....
 and Crow Agency
Crow Agency, Montana

Crow Agency is a census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, Montana, United States and is near the actual location for the Little Bighorn National Monument and re-enactment known as Custer's Last Stand....
, and joins the Bighorn near the town of Hardin
Hardin, Montana

Hardin is a city in and the county seat of Big Horn County, Montana, Montana, United States. The population was 3,384 at the 2000 United States Census....
.

The battle site, which is on the grounds of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument preserves the site of the June 25, 1876, Battle of the Little Bighorn, near Crow Agency, Montana, in the United States....
, is approximately five miles south of Crow Agency, along the eastern side of the river.

See also

  • List of Wyoming rivers
    List of Wyoming rivers

    The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States....
  • List of rivers of Montana
  • Montana Stream Access Law
    Montana Stream Access Law

    The Montana Stream Access Law says that anglers and Canoeing have full use of most of the rivers in Montana for fishing and floating, along with swimming and other river related activities....