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Historian Chester L. Brooks has received the maps, which have been helpful. With the help of Harry F. Roberts, he also found a useful map at the Chateau de Mores.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-04-14
Historian Chester L. Brooks asks if mountain howitzers were called plank cannons at the time of General Sully’s 1864 campaign, and why. Miss Rose may be able to locate a copy of Ole Johnson’s journal.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-17
Historian Chester L. Brooks encloses The Journal of Private Ole Johnson which was helpful with his research on military trails.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-01-13
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.”
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-12-24
Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks Dana Wright for the letter and will be traveling with Ray W. Lingk to Square Butte in May.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1955-05-02
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1955-04-18
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
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-02-08
Historian Chester L. Brooks encloses a notebook that Dana Wright left behind and is planning a trip to Square Top Butte with Harmon Olstad.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-09-23
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-09-16
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-07-27