June 1876

Sunday 04:

An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.

Saturday 17:

1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. http://ne.essortment.com/battlerosebud_rfks.htm

Sunday 25:

Battle of the Little Big Horn and the death of Colonel George Armstrong Custer.