Bighorn River
... weaving its way through the Bighorn Basin
Not to be confused with Little Bighorn River of the Battle fame, which joins the Bighorn River in Hardin, Montana. The Bighorn then joins the Yellowstone River.
(Aside: The battle of the Little Bighorn River on 25/26 June 1876 was a decisive victory for the native Americans. Lt. Col. Custer had been leading five companies of the 7th Cavalry in an attack against an encampment of native Americans, expecting to be able to perpetrate a massacre without any own losses.
This expectation was unfounded. Outnumbered 5:1 by Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors, Custer's men were administered a liberal dose of their own medicine, leaving 268 dead (including Custer) and 50 wounded.
But this was not here, but further north, in Montana)
The Bighorn River has the distinction of having two names. The part up to and including Wind River Canyon is the called Wind River, while after the canyon it's called Bighorn River. Both parts were named independently by different people who didn't realise that it was one and the same.
Thermopolis, Wyoming, USA
Camera: Leicaflex SL2 (Leica ID 10022), made in 1975
Lens: Leica Summicron-R-II 50mm (11216), made in 1978
Kodak Portra 400 professional grade colour negative film, exposed at ISO 200
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Bighorn River
... weaving its way through the Bighorn Basin
Not to be confused with Little Bighorn River of the Battle fame, which joins the Bighorn River in Hardin, Montana. The Bighorn then joins the Yellowstone River.
(Aside: The battle of the Little Bighorn River on 25/26 June 1876 was a decisive victory for the native Americans. Lt. Col. Custer had been leading five companies of the 7th Cavalry in an attack against an encampment of native Americans, expecting to be able to perpetrate a massacre without any own losses.
This expectation was unfounded. Outnumbered 5:1 by Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors, Custer's men were administered a liberal dose of their own medicine, leaving 268 dead (including Custer) and 50 wounded.
But this was not here, but further north, in Montana)
The Bighorn River has the distinction of having two names. The part up to and including Wind River Canyon is the called Wind River, while after the canyon it's called Bighorn River. Both parts were named independently by different people who didn't realise that it was one and the same.
Thermopolis, Wyoming, USA
Camera: Leicaflex SL2 (Leica ID 10022), made in 1975
Lens: Leica Summicron-R-II 50mm (11216), made in 1978
Kodak Portra 400 professional grade colour negative film, exposed at ISO 200
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de