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Where the Bozeman Trail crosses tongue River Valley at this point, Colonel J.A. Sawyer’s wagon train and road building expedition of 82 wagons fought the Arapahoe Indians for 13 days, August 31 through September 12, 1865. Captain Cole of the military escort was killed on the ridge across the valley, E. G. Merrill and James Dilleland, drovers, were killed in the wagon circle located between here and the river. All three are buried in an unknown common grave. From 1879 to 1894 the Patrick Brothers Stage Line used this road from Fort Custer to Rock Creek Station. Brigham Post Office and Stage Station was located here at Tongue River Crossing.
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