Dull Knife Battlefield

Dull Knife Battlefield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	Barnum, Wyoming
Coordinates:	43°45′36″N 106°56′55″W / 43.76°N 106.94861°W / 43.76; -106.94861Coordinates: 43°45′36″N 106°56′55″W / 43.76°N 106.94861°W / 43.76; -106.94861
Built:	1876
Governing body:	Bureau of Land Management
NRHP Reference#:	79002609[1]
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 Barnum, Wyoming. It was the scene of the Dull Knife Fight on November 25, 1876, in which the Fourth Cavalry under General Ranald S. Mackenzie raided a Cheyenne winter encampment, forcing the Cheyenne to surrender at agencies in the area in order to survive the winter.^[2]

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Junge, Mark (July 6, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Dull Knife Battlefield". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/79002609.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 

External links

• Photographs of the Dull Knife Battlefield at the National Park Service's NRHP database
• Dull Knife Battlefield at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office