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The Marias River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 210 mi (338 km) long, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is formed in Glacier County , in northwestern Montana, by the confluence of the Cut Bank Creek and the Two Medicine River .
Major Eugene M. Baker's Marias River Campaign, Montana, January 19-29, 1870. A command led by Major Eugene M. Baker left Fort Ellis on January 6, 1870, and stopped at Fort Shaw to pick up two more companies, including scouts Joe Kipp and Joseph Cobell who were familiar with the Piegan bands. These scouts were critical to distinguishing between ...
He is most known for his role in the Marias Massacre in early 1870 and from the lack of discipline he faced following the event. [1] Major Eugene M. Baker's Marias River Campaign, Montana, January 19-29, 1870.
It is now more common for scholars to refer to these events as massacres. This is especially so of a Colorado territorial militia's slaughter of Cheyennes at Sand Creek (1864) and the army's slaughter of Shoshones at Bear River (1863), Blackfeet on the Marias River (1870), and Lakotas at Wounded Knee (1890). Some scholars have begun referring ...
The Tiber Dam is a dam on the Marias River in southern Liberty County, Montana, which forms Lake Elwell (also known as Tiber Reservoir). Construction on the dam began in 1952 and was completed in 1956.
Wise River; Boulder River; Roe River (one of the shortest rivers in the world) Madison River; Gallatin River. East Gallatin River; Sixteen Mile Creek; Dearborn River; Smith River; Sun River; Belt Creek; Marias River. Cut Bank Creek; Two Medicine River. Birch Creek. Dupuyer Creek; Teton River; Cottonwood Creek (Liberty County, Montana) Arrow ...
In January 1870, Major Eugene M. Baker led elements of the Second Cavalry against elements of the Piegan tribe, culminating in the Marias Massacre on the Marias River in Montana. In April 1876, Colonel John Gibbon departed Fort Ellis with 400 infantry and cavalry known as the "Montana Column" during the summer campaign of the Great Sioux War of ...
The Marais des Cygnes massacre (/ ˌ m ɛər d ə ˈ z iː n,-ˈ s iː n, ˈ m ɛər d ə z iː n /, [1] [2] also / m ə ˌ r iː d ə ˈ s iː n, m ə ˌ r eɪ d ə ˈ s eɪ n /) [citation needed] is considered the last significant act of violence in Bleeding Kansas prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War.