The entry from my book: "Soldiers from the Eighteenth Infantry fought with a band of Indians on Crazy Woman’s Fork in Dakota Territory. The army reported that one officer and one enlisted man were killed."
It is about 25 miles by dirt road. It is definitely a 100 miles past the middle of nowhere (I'm not kidding this time). The site is on private property. The owners will occassionally take visitors to the battleground, but only with advance notice. This was as close as I got...
The entry from my book for November 25, 1876: "Colonel Ranald MacKenzie and ten troops from the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Cavalries had camped outside a large Indian village of 173 lodges near the North Fork of the Powder River after a night march. Just after daybreak, the soldiers attacked Dull Knife’s camp of Northern Cheyenne in north-central Wyoming. After an hour of fighting, the survivors fought a rear-guard action and a few skirmishes until nightfall. The soldiers destroyed the village and captured 500 horses. The soldiers confirmed twenty-five Indians were dead but suspected a much higher number. Six soldiers were killed, including Lieutenant John McKinney. First Sergeant Thomas H. Forsyth, Company M, Fourth Cavalry, would be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for holding his ground against 'superior forces' and then rescuing fallen comrades."
This is in Casper, Wyoming. I took this to show my friends in San Diego where gas was around $1.70 for the cheap stuff. I visited my parents in Houston about a week later. I saw regular unleaded for $1.29.9 there.
This is Ayers Natural Bridge. The opening is 30 feet high and 50 feet wide. It is one of the few arches in the world with running water going through the opening. It is close to Douglas, Wyoming.
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Page 2003k: Rosebud Battlefield to Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
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Page 2003q: Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed, Nebraska to Crazy Horse Monument, South Dakota
Page 2003r: Devil's Tower, Wyoming
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