“Custer’s 7th Cavalry Campsite April 13 to May 6, 1873”
311
1960
Yankton
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
Custer with 800 troops, 700 horses, 202 mules plus enlisted men’s and officers’ families arrived on Dakota Southern. Before campsite completed, a 2 day April Blizzard, played havoc but no losses. Site was level ground to the North. A grand ball April 24th, a review by Governor Burbank May 4th were highlights of this enforced layover.
Location
Yankton County, Hwy 50 just east of Yankton