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.
Subject (TGM)
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.
Rights Management
Billings Public 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 Billings Public Library.
Contributors
Unknown
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
Genre (AAT)
photographs
Type
Image;StillImage
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.
