Rosebud Creek is a generally north flowing stream in

Rosebud Rosebud may refer to: * Rose bud, the bud of a rose flower Arts * The name of Jerry Garcia's guitar from 1990 until his death in 1995. * In the 1941 film ''Citizen Kane'', the last words of Charles Foster Kane and an overall plot device. * "Ros ...

and Big Horn counties of

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

. It is a tributary to the

Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains an ...

. The source is the confluence of the North and South forks about one mile east of the

Crow Indian Reservation The Crow Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Crow Tribe. Established 1868, the reservation is located in parts of Big Horn County, Montana, Big Horn, Yellowstone County, Montana, Yellowstone, and Treasure County, Montana, Treasure counties ...

boundary. The two forks both flow east from the east flank of the

Wolf Mountains The Wolf Mountains, el. , sometimes referred to by local people as the Rosebud Mountains, and also known to the Crow Indians as the Wolf Teeth Mountains, are a mountain range east of Lodge Grass, Montana in Big Horn County, Montana. Geography ...

. The confluence with the Yellowstone River is about 1.5 miles west of the community of

. Monument Hill, the site of the Rosebud Battlefield lies about one mile north of the source area of the stream.''Half Moon Hill,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 (1978 rev.) The site is currently the location of the

Rosebud Battlefield State Park Rosebud Battlefield State Park in Big Horn County, Montana preserves a large portion of the battlefield of the Battle of the Rosebud, fought on June 17, 1876. The battle is known by various other names such as The Battle Where the Girl Saved Her B ...

References

{{reflist Tributaries of the Yellowstone River Rivers of Big Horn County, Montana Rivers of Rosebud County, Montana