This marker is on the public square of the Hardin County Courthouse. It points out that a famous person was once stationed here.
The marker reads, "Cavalry and infantry battalions under Gen. George Custer assigned here, 1871 to 1873, to suppress Ku Klux Klan and carpetbaggers, to break up illicit distilleries. Those gangs becoming inactive, he was sent to Chicago to maintain order after big fire. Returning, he led an active social life. In 1873 ordered to Dakota, ending in "Custer's Last Stand, June, 1876."
It is marker number 606 and it was erected April 16, 1964.
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