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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-04-24
Your TR Source
Lingk, Ray W., 1899-1979
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
Ray W. Lingk is continuing his research on the Sentinel Butte graves and is attempting to locate old maps with military trails.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-05-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
Ray W. Lingk reviews his thoughts on the location of Sully Trail near Flat Top Butte.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-07-06
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
Ray W. Lingk provides an update on his Sully Trail research and appreciates the honor of having a butte named after him.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-11-20
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
Ray W. Lingk provides feedback and suggestions on Historian Chester L. Brooks’s manuscript on the Badlands to 1879.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1954-01-11
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1954-05-02
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1954-09-21
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Dana Wright
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1955-04-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1955-05-08
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Notes on Sully Trail through Wibaux and Richland Counties
Notes on the path of Sully Trail through Wibaux County and Richland County, Montana.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1955
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1956-01-27
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
Ray W. Lingk describes his efforts to find a camp set up during General Sully’s expedition in the North Dakota Badlands.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1956-10-14
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks
Ray W. Lingk encloses notes from his Yellowstone trip where he was researching Sully Trail.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1955-10-27
Creator(s)
Map of Sully’s Trail and Custer’s Trail near Flat Top Butte
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.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1955-02-13
Creator(s)
The Sully Trail: Richland and Wibaux Counties, Montana
Map of the course of Sully Trail in Richland County and Wibaux County, Montana.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown