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Historian Chester L. Brooks has limited information on the Sentinel Butte graves and directs Ray W. Lingk to the National Archives where a map of the 1864 Sully Expedition can be acquired.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-05-26
Historian Chester L. Brooks thought that Ray W. Lingk would be interested to know that General Alfred Sully’s expedition map has “graves” marked on Sentinel Butte.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-05-05
Historian Chester L. Brooks offers several corrections regarding a series of articles Ray W. Lingk wrote on military expeditions in western North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-04-21
Chester L. Brooks appreciates the map and encloses payment.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1956-02-21
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.”
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-02-15
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-12-02