The Yellowstone Expedition of 1876, organized to quell the hostile Sioux, marched from Fort Abraham Lincoln on May 17, 1876, and camped about three miles south of Belfield on May 26, 1876. From this campsite, Custer’s route extended south to the headwaters of Davis Creek, then continued down that creek through the Bad Lands, and entered Montana near Beach, North Dakota. The trail extended to the banks of the Little Big Horn River in Montana, where Custer and a portion of the 7th Cavalry were annihilated by hostile Indians on June 25, 1876.