Color postcard (14 x 9 cm.) entitled "Crow Butte from the South, Crawford, Neb." at the top right side of image in red text. The view is looking down into a pine covered canyon with rocky outcroppings on all sides. The grass covered plain stretches out in the background.
Crow Butte is located 2.5 miles south of Crawford, Nebraska on Highway 2 and then east 4 miles within the beautiful Pine Ridge area. It is a natural landmark well known to Indians, soldiers, and early cattlemen. One of the best views of Crow Butte is from the Ponderosa Wildlife Management Area. Crow Butte is the site of a legendary battle between the Sioux and Crow Indians which started on October 15, 1849. The legend of Crow Butte claims that the Crow, pursued by the Sioux, left their mounts and climbed the Butte. They stayed for three days, building fires each night, singing and dancing in mockery and contempt of the Sioux who surrounded the Butte. At dawn on the fourth morning the Sioux found rawhide ropes dangling from the tops and sides of the Butte signaling the escape of the Crow by walking through the Sioux camps. Source: Pinney, Patricia M. Dawes County: The First 100 Years. Dallas, TX: Curtis Media Corp, 1985, p. 7.
