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Dull Knife Battlefield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Nearest city:	Kaycee, Wyoming
Coordinates:	43°45′36″N 106°56′55″W / 43.76000°N 106.94861°W / 43.76000; -106.94861Coordinates: 43°45′36″N 106°56′55″W / 43.76000°N 106.94861°W / 43.76000; -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 Kaycee, 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. 500 ponies where captured and about 173 lodges and all the Indians where completely 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 presently the site of a ranch.^[2] The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
^ 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 [edit]

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

Photo Gallery [edit]

Dull Knife Battlefied looking east from Big Red Draw
Site of Dull Knife Village looking south from creek
Battlefied 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

v t e 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 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 (48JO134 and 48JO801) 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

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnson County, Wyoming and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming

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