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- Map, interactive: Custer Today
- Further Reading: Related Books and Websites
- Photo Gallery: Lt. Col. George Custer
- Teacher's Resources: Teacher's Guide
- Timeline: Black Hills Expedition of 1874
Like everything else about General George Custer, his martyrdom was shrouded in controversy and contradictions. The final act of his larger-than-life career played out on a grand stage with a spellbound public engrossed in the drama. In the end, his death would launch one of the greatest myths in American history. Part of the Wild West collection.
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From Billy the Kid to Wyatt Earp, and George Custer to Geronimo, the real-life people who helped tame the west would shape the western heroes celebrated in film and television for decades.
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