Cooke City, Montana

On September 7, General Howard and his men, passing through Cooke City, noted that miners had armed themselves and manned a stockade, to barricade themselves against the Nez Perce. The events that unfolded in Yellowstone had everyone on edge, but ...

Cooke City, Montana

September 7, 1877 - General Howard passes Cooke City

“The soldiers fixed up the Baro nett bridge, burned by a war-party, and marched on up Soda Butte Creek and passed Cooke City, where several pioneer miners volunteered to ...