Skip to main content

Cloudy sky behind a blade of grass Montana Memory Project

Search

Advanced Search

Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

to

Searching collections:

Billings Public Library Historic Collection

Add or remove collections

Home Billings Public Library Historic Collection Burkman, John

Rate

Save to favorites

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Burkman, John

View Description

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Print

Loading content ...

Description

Rating
Title	Burkman, John
Subject	Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County--Billings. Bent, William, 1809-1869. Sibley Expedition, 1863. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans. United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th. Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.
Description	Born 1839. Came out West with William Bent in 1859. Of German descent, fought at Civil War Battle of Wilson Creek with 5th Missouri Volunteers. With Sibley during 1863 Sioux Campaign. Served with George Armstrong Custer and Seventh Cavalry and managed Custer's dogs and horses. See Two Men Still Living, Billings Gazette, June 25, 1924, p. 10. See Hostiles Massacred Custer, Billings Gazette, June 25, 1925, p. 4. See John Burkman at Boothill, Billings Gazette, June 21, 1931, p. 12. In 1925, the 86-year-old war veteran killed himself on the porch of his rooming house at 112 S. 27th St. See Custer Survivor Ends Life, Billings Gazette, November 7, 1925, p. 1. Buried at Custer National cemetery, Crow Agency.
Creator	Unknown
Date Original	1923
Contributing Institution	Parmly Billings Library
Contributors	Unknown
Date Estimated	Circa 1923
Type	Image;StillImage
Digital Format	image/tiff
Genre	photographs
Source	Burkman, John.tif
Relation	Billings Gazette
Rights Management	Parmly Billings Library is unaware of any copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the 1976 copyright act. All images in this collection may be used for educational, scholarly purposes and private study. We do request that a credit line be included with each item used. If you wish to publish or reproduce the material in any physical or digital form that exceeds that permitted by fair use or use them for any commercial purpose, including display or web page use, you must obtain prior written permission from Parmly Billings Library
Digitization Specifications	HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 70,036,826 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 3819 x 6713 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 6.0.
Date Digitized	2007-04-18

Comments

Post a Comment for Burkman, John

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Powered by CONTENTdm®