Bridges to Buttes Byway
Warbonnet Battlefield Memorial, NE

There are two monuments located at this site that commemorate an encounter between the Fifth Cavalry from Fort Laramie and a group of Cheyenne Indians on 17 July 1876 near the confluence of Warbonnet and Jim Creek, where the waters become Hat Creek. The Cheyenne were attempting to join the victors from the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which had occurred three weeks earlier. The only casualty of the Warbonnet battle was the Cheyenne warrior Yellow Hair, who was killed by Wild Bill Cody. This historic site has one monument dedicated to the military and a second monument to Yellow Hair. The historic Montrose Church and Cemetery are located on the south side of Montrose Road.