Dull Knife Battlefield

	Dull Knife Battlefield
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Show map of WyomingShow map of the United StatesShow all
Nearest city	Kaycee, Wyoming
Coordinates	43°45′36″N 106°56′55″W / 43.76000°N 106.94861°WCoordinates: 43°45′36″N 106°56′55″W / 43.76000°N 106.94861°W
Built	1876
NRHP reference No.	79002609
Added to NRHP	August 15, 1979

The Dull Knife Battlefield is located on the eastern slope of the Bighorn Mountains in Johnson County, Wyoming near Kaycee. It was the scene of the Dull Knife Fight on November 25, 1876, in which the Fourth Cavalry under General Ranald S. Mackenzie raided the winter encampment of the NorthernCheyenne, destroying most of their material culture and all their winter supplies and thus forcing the Northern Cheyenne to seek shelter with the village of Crazy Horse in order to survive the winter. Five hundred ponies were captured and about 173 lodges destroyed. The Dull Knife battlefield is on private land and is available to visit only by special arrangement. The fight took place on November 25, 1876.

The battlefield site was considered by the Cheyenne to be sufficiently remote to be safe as winter quarters. The location is now the site of a ranch.^[2] The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Junge, Mark (July 6, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Dull Knife Battlefield". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-08-05.

External links[]

Photographs of the Dull Knife Battlefield at the National Park Service's NRHP database
Dull Knife Battlefield^{[permanent dead link]} at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

Photo gallery[]

Dull Knife Battlefield looking east from Big Red Draw
Site of Dull Knife Village looking south from creek
Battlefield marker above Dull Knife Village
Ambush Draw where Lieutenant McKinney was shot
Hospital Hill where Lieutenant McKinney died
Breastworks built by Northern Cheyenne defenders above Big Red Draw

This article about a property in Wyoming on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv1-2] Junge, Mark (July 6, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Dull Knife Battlefield". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-08-05.

[1]

[2]

v t National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Wyoming
National Historic Landmark	Fort Phil Kearny
Other historic districts	Fort McKinney HF Bar Ranch Historic District Main Street Historic District TA Ranch Historic District
Other properties	AJX Bridge over South Fork and Powder River Beaver Creek Ranch Headquarters Cantonment Reno Carnegie Public Library Dull Knife Battlefield EDL Peloux Bridge EDZ Irigary Bridge Fort Reno Holland House Johnson County Courthouse Lake Desmet Segment, Bozeman Trail Methodist Episcopal Church Powder River Station-Powder River Crossing St. Luke's Episcopal Church Sussex Post Office and Store Trabing Station-Crazy Woman Crossing Union Congregational Church and Parsonage US Post Office-Buffalo Main Wold Bison Jump
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnson County, Wyoming and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming