The Landscape Then and Now

The Powder River Country that Red Cloud fought to protect can still be visited today, and seeing it helps understand what was at stake.

The landscape of northeastern Wyoming retains something of its essential character despite the changes of 150 years.

The rolling grasslands, the distinctive terrain of the powder River breaks, the Big Horn Mountains on the western horizon — these are still there.

The scale of the country, the sense of being in a landscape that dwarfs human activity, can still be felt.