Comanche as he appears today Looking pretty good, for a horse who has been dead for 120 years.

The Spirit of Comanche

Top left:  Myles Keogh wooden grave marker 1876 Top right:  Comanche poses for a picture (1879), after receiving his official title "Second Commanding Officer" of the U.S. 7th Cavalry.   On June 25, 1876, Captain Myles Keogh rode Comanche into the Valley of the Little Big Horn and into the pages of American Western Heroes.   The Early History of Comanche:       In 1847, the last fur trading post on the upper Missouri River was established and it became an important economic center for the Territory of Montana and the Territory of southern Alberta, located in Canada. The post was named Fort Benton and its port on the upper Missouri River saw steamboats arriving several times a year with goods, merchants, gold miners and settlers coming from places such as New Orleans, Memphis, Bismarck, Kansas City and St. Louis. To read about the history of Comanche, please follow this link, which will take you to the Kindle book site.