Wright, Dana, 1878-1964 | - Theodore Roosevelt Center

Map of Sully Trail near Flat Top Butte

Hand drawn map of the course of Sully Trail near Flat Top Butte in western North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-07-17

Letter from Dana Wright to Chester L. Brooks

Dana Wright encloses his membership fee for the Nature and History Association of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. He has been researching the Sully expeditions and the Sibley march of 1863.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1952-12-29

Letter from Dana Wright to Russell Reid

Dana Wright summarizes a research trip to western North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-04-10

Letter from Dana Wright to Frank L. Anders

Dana Wright summarizes a research trip to western North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-04-10

Letter from Dana Wright to Chester L. Brooks

Dana Wright is sending a few maps and would be pleased to make some trips with Chester L. Brooks. He hopes that Major Frank L. Anders publishes or releases his notes on the North Dakota military trails as they are the most complete source on the subject.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-04-10

Letter from Dana Wright to M. Catherine White

Dana Wright thanks M. Catherine White for the research material and provides his opinion on the Sully expedition’s route near the Yellowstone River and Brasseau’s House.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-05-09

The Brasseau Houses on the Yellowstone

Dana Wright summarizes his research on the Brasseau Houses and believes they are located near the mouth of Burns Creek in Montana.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-05-20

General Alfred Sully’s Expedition of 1864 from east end of Sentinel Butte to Yellowstone

Dana Wright believes that he has located General Alfred Sully’s camp on the east end of Sentinel Butte. He summarizes his recent research on the Sully Expedition.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-05-22

Old Fort Gilbert–Ridgelawn, Montana

Dana Wright summarizes his visit to Old Fort Gilbert near Ridgelawn, Montana.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-05-21

Letter from Dana Wright to Russell Reid

Dana Wright provides an update on his attempts to locate the course of General Sully’s 1864 expedition.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-05-24

Letter from Dana Wright to Harry F. Roberts

Dana Wright thanks Harry F. Roberts for the maps. Some ammunition casings have been found near Flat Top Butte and Wright is interested in finding out what guns they fitted.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-09-31

Letter from Dana Wright to Chester L. Brooks

Dana Wright is planning a trip from Fort Rice to study Sully Trail and hopes to stop in Medora, North Dakota. He has visited several sites in southern North Dakota and is anxious to examine the Little Missouri River between Sully Creek and Custer Wash as he is puzzled by the trail in this area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-08-29

Letter from Dana Wright

Dana Wright camped near the Diamond C Ranch to study the Sully battlefield near Killdeer Mountain. The owner agreed to donate an acre for the placement of a marker. Wright is currently in the hospital with a jaw problem.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-09-16

Letter from Dana Wright to Chester L. Brooks

Dana Wright will be unable to attend the meeting but is interested in Father Louis Pfaller’s presentation. He encloses copies made from a booklet with information on the 1873 Northern Pacific Railroad expedition under General David Sloane Stanley.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-12-02

Landmarks on trail of Gen. D. S. Stanley–June July 1873 to Yellowstone R.

List of General David Sloane Stanley’s troop movements during the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873 by date and landmark.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Reproduction of Custer Trail map

Handmade reproduction of a map of Custer Trail near Flat Top Butte. The map was originally created by Roy P. Johnson with information from Major Frank L. Anders.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1954-01-27

Letter from Dana Wright to Chester L. Brooks

Dana Wright has obtained a “Johnson-Anders write up” of the Custer Trail of 1874 and disagrees with several aspects of the map. He also has microfilm of Sibley and Custer records but was unable to view it due to a malfunctioning microfilm viewer.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1954-01-28

Letter from Dana Wright to Chester L. Brooks

Dana Wright thanks Historian Chester L. Brooks for the return of his notebook which had been lost. He has received some information regarding camps near Flat Top Butte.