The site is notable for having been the scene of an 1868 armed conflict between elements of the United States Army and several of the Plains Indian tribes.

The physical appearance of the actual battleground site was changed by a flood in 1935 which altered the river channel.

The major pieces of the monument were retrieved and have been erected on the north side of the river, overlooking picnic and camping grounds.

This is a semi-arid region with native grasses, sagebrush, scrub plants, and trees along the river.

[2] Major George "Sandy" Forsyth was commissioned to take fifty frontiersmen and locate the Indians doing the raiding.

[2] Because his invulnerability had been damaged earlier, Roman Nose held back from the battle as he performed the rituals to restore his power.

[3] The post office reopened as Glory on November 13, 1924, but was renamed Beecher Island on February 1, 1925.