Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
Ray W. Lingk enjoyed the bird book and has been looking for the earliest mention of land being named Sentinel Butte.
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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1953-04-24
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Ray W. Lingk enjoyed the bird book and has been looking for the earliest mention of land being named Sentinel Butte.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-04-24
Ray W. Lingk is continuing his research on the Sentinel Butte graves and is attempting to locate old maps with military trails.
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1953-05-10
Ray W. Lingk reviews his thoughts on the location of Sully Trail near Flat Top Butte.
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After looking over the maps suggested by Historian Chester L. Brooks, Ray W. Lingk believes that the battle was fought at Square Butte and that the Sully Expedition traveled south of Flat Top Butte and north of Sentinel Butte.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-07-06
Ray W. Lingk provides an update on his Sully Trail research and appreciates the honor of having a butte named after him.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-11-20
Ray W. Lingk provides feedback and suggestions on Historian Chester L. Brooks’s manuscript on the Badlands to 1879.
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1954-01-11
Ray W. Lingk compares some of his recent research with what is available in Frontier and Indian Life and Kaleidoscopic Lives by Joseph Henry Taylor.
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Ray W. Lingk has found a history of North Dakota with a map of old wagon trails, including Sully’s 1864 expedition. Lingk analyzes the map in detail.
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1954-05-02
Ray W. Lingk believes that General Sully’s first look at the North Dakota Badlands occurred near his camp at the head of Paddock Creek, in the area that is now Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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Ray W. Lingk reviews errors in a historical presentation he attended about General Custer’s movements in western North Dakota and his Native American scouts.
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1954-09-21
Ray W. Lingk compares observations on the location of the “Brasseau Houses” near the Yellowstone River. He is planning a trip to Flat Top Butte with Historian Chester L. Brooks.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1955-04-19
Ray W. Lingk would like to arrange a trip to Flat Top Butte and was able to find the August 9 camp which is located near Lingk’s home.
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1955-05-08
Ray W. Lingk reviews possible locations of “Slim Kinkles military camp” near Bullion Butte, North Dakota. Lingk is planning a trip to the area to locate the camp.
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Notes on the path of Sully Trail through Wibaux County and Richland County, Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1955
Ray W. Lingk is continuing to work on the maps. He believes that their Sully Trail research is nearly complete and should be put in “readable” form.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1956-01-27
Ray W. Lingk describes his efforts to find a camp set up during General Sully’s expedition in the North Dakota Badlands.
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1956-10-14
Ray W. Lingk encloses notes from his Yellowstone trip where he was researching Sully Trail.
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1955-10-27
Hand drawn maps illustrating Sully’s Trail and Custer’s Trail near Flat Top Butte. In a handwritten note, Ray W. Lingk suggests ways to improve the map.
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1955-02-13
Map of the course of Sully Trail in Richland County and Wibaux County, Montana.
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