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The Washita Battlefield – 143 Years Later

November 27, 2011

A year ago, Vicki and I sat on the banks of the Washita River, in present-day Oklahoma, listening to sounds of the past. This was  the site of Lt. Colonel George Custer’s attack on Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne winter camp – and the scene of an event that set the stage for years of conflict, [...]

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Indian Memorial Little Bighorn Battlefield

October 7, 2011

Vicki and I have visited the Little Bighorn Battlefield many times – and in many weathers.  On this particular visit the sky was stormy and the wind just kept picking up. We walked across the street from Last Stand Hill and the Cavalry Monument (an obelisk up the hill from the Visitor’s Center) over to [...]

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Confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers North Dakota

December 27, 2008

Just down the road from Sitting Bull’s surrender (Ft. Buford, North Dakota) sits the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center. This  treasure house of historical artifacts was built on a flat plain just above the rivers, taking advantage of  the same magnificent view that Lewis and Clark had when they visited in 1805 and 1806. With more [...]

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Little Big Horn Battlefield

December 2, 2008

In the spring and summer of 1876 the United States Government launched a military campaign upon a portion of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, who refused to live within the boundaries of the Great Sioux Reservation. They chose to continue their traditional nomadic way of life. The campaign was initiated when a Government ultimatum to [...]

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