Tobacco use at Little Bighorn

(Beartooth NBC) The jumping off point was two small pieces of metal found at the Little Bighorn archaeological site. They were identified as tobacco tags and eight of ten human remains showed signs of tobacco use. Then Shannon Vihlene of the Montana Historical Society went to work. "It was a long process of check marking; did this guy take his tobacco ration? Yes or no?” says Vihlene. Continued

Photo: Little Big Horn Cigars. This box first appeared in stores within months of Custer’s demise. Brand was trade marked by Holzmann & Deutschbverger, a 250 roller factory in Manhattan. Fact. 976, 3rd Dist NYC. (National Cigar History Museum).