Custer Military Trail Historic Archaeological District

	Custer Military Trail Historic Archeological District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Easy Hill Camp
Location	Address restricted
Nearest city	Medora, North Dakota
Area	18,149 acres (7,345 ha)
Built	1864
NRHP reference No.	08001293
Added to NRHP	June 5, 2009

The Custer Military Trail Historic Archeological District is a national historic district consisting of 18,149 acres (7,345 ha) located in Billings and Golden Valley Counties in North Dakota. The district includes five historic sites associated with the Plains Indian War from 1864 to 1876. The historic sites include Initial Rock, a site where George Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment camped on May 28, 1876, en route to Little Bighorn. Two privates in Custer's regiment, W. C. Williams and F. Neely, carved their initials into a sandstone boulder at the site. The district also includes two additional military campsites, the site of the Battle of the Badlands, and portions of a military supply trail. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The district has five contributing sites.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
^ "Press Release - ND Archaeological Trail Listed in National Register". State Historical Society of North Dakota. July 2, 2009. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009.
^ "ND Archaeological Trail Nabs Historic Honor". KFYRTV. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.
^ "Dakota Prairie Grasslands" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved August 1, 2012.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[ARCombinedNote-2] Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.

[3] "Press Release - ND Archaeological Trail Listed in National Register". State Historical Society of North Dakota. July 2, 2009. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009.

[4] "ND Archaeological Trail Nabs Historic Honor". KFYRTV. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.

[5] "Dakota Prairie Grasslands" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved August 1, 2012.

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v t National Register of Historic Places in Billings County, North Dakota
Historic district	Custer Military Trail Historic Archaeological District‡ Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch and Greater Elkhorn Ranchlands
Other properties	Billings County Courthouse Chateau de Mores De Mores Memorial Park De Mores Packing Plant Ruins Initial Rock Myers School Timbered Lodge (32BI401) Peaceful Valley Ranch St. Mary's Catholic Church Von Hoffman House
Footnotes	‡ This entry also has portions in an adjacent county.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Billings County, North Dakota and List of National Historic Landmarks in North Dakota