Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Louis Pfaller
Historian Chester L. Brooks will visit Father Pfaller in order to examine his materials on the Keogh Trail.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-01-19
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Brooks, Chester L.
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to K. Ross Toole
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests information on the “Braseur House” along the Yellowstone River which may have been General Sully’s original destination on the 1864 expedition.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-01-07
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Yvonne Van der Boom
Historian Chester L. Brooks is returning History of the Northern Pacific Railroad under separate cover.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-01-06
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright
Historian Chester L. Brooks encloses The Journal of Private Ole Johnson which was helpful with his research on military trails.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-01-13
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright
Historian Chester L. Brooks asks Dana Wright to speak at a meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association on the military history of western North Dakota. He would also appreciate Wright’s help with a research project, “The Badlands to 1879.”
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-12-24
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests a copy of an article written by Lewis C. Paxson, an early Lake City resident, who was part of the Sully Expedition of 1864.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-12-15
Creator(s)
Interview with Lena Vanvig
Handwritten notes from an interview with Lena Vanvig. She describes her home and a community party.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-03-14
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Ray W. Lingk
Chester L. Brooks appreciates the map and encloses payment.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1956-02-21
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright
Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks Dana Wright for the letter and will be traveling with Ray W. Lingk to Square Butte in May.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1955-05-02
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright
Historian Chester L. Brooks is sending a piece of metal found near the Elkhorn Ranch that he believes may be connected to artillery equipment used during the Sully Expeditions. He requests Dana Wright’s opinion.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1955-04-18
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Edward S. Luce
The information provided by Superintendent Luce is the evidence Historian Chester L. Brooks needed to show that the military expeditions went around the north side of Sentinel Butte.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1954-03-23
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright
Historian Chester L. Brooks was interested in the information from Major Anders which contradicts Ray W. Lingk’s belief that the Sully Expedition traveled a southerly route near Flat Top Butte. He also received some photographs that show Major Bell’s 1880 camp near Sentinel Butte which may help locate the camp.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1954-02-08
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Ray W. Lingk
Historian Chester L. Brooks has received the copy of his book The Badlands to 1879. Brooks disagrees with some of Major Frank L. Anders’s findings regarding the Custer and Sully trails. He has been collecting 1880s photographs from “old timers.”
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1954-02-15
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Ray W. Lingk
Historian Chester L. Brooks is working on identifying the “water hole battle” and where General Sully’s Native American guide was shot. He requests Ray W. Lingk’s help in obtaining a diary by Mrs. Wright which may contain information on the Sully Trail.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-12-02
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Kenneth J. Crawford
Historian Chester L. Brooks is seeking information on the 1864 Sully expedition’s travels near Square Top Butte. Kenneth J. Crawford’s father, Lewis F. Crawford, wrote History of North Dakota, and Brooks is interested in viewing Crawford’s research notes.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-09-23
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright
Historian Chester L. Brooks encloses a notebook that Dana Wright left behind and is planning a trip to Square Top Butte with Harmon Olstad.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-09-23
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright
Harmon Olstad found some old army cartridges northeast of Square Top Butte which may help corroborate Historian Chester L. Brooks’s findings that General Sully’s skirmish was near the water hole east of the butte.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-09-16
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Russell Reid
Historian Chester L. Brooks is revising The Badlands to 1879 to include a new map. Brooks may shorten the work for eventual sale. Visitation at Theodore Roosevelt National Park is down from last year.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-08-03
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright
Historian Chester L. Brooks would like to examine the northeast corner of Flat Top Butte where he believes the skirmish took place and the spring is located. Some of the ammunition found at the site might be from a different skirmish during the retreat from the Little Bighorn. An examination of the ammunition could successfully date the site.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-07-27
Creator(s)
Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Yvonne Van der Boom
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests two books through interlibrary loan.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-07-26