National Register of Historic Places

Dull Knife Battlefield

Barnum, Johnson County, Wyoming
Listed
August 14, 1979
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
79002609

About this property

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. The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Location

Barnum, Johnson County, Wyoming
43.76505, -106.95806

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When was Dull Knife Battlefield listed on the National Register?

Dull Knife Battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 1979.

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Dull Knife Battlefield is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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