Granite markers show where soldiers fell in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn near what is now Crow Agency, Montana.
Basin, Montana, has just a handful of streets, and this dog stood guard on the main road into and out of the town. Despite the fearsome look, he was no cur.
It is one of the better preserved western ghost towns. Elkhorn had its heyday in the 1880s and 90s, when it flourished on silver and gold mining.
