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In a letter taken from his memoir, Colonel Stanley summarizes the 1873 Yellowstone expedition of the Army to create a railroad survey of the Yellowstone River region.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1873-09-25
Assistant Librarian McDonald encloses some excerpts from the Avant Courier regarding Major Lazelle’s expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-17
Summary of the Whistler expedition of 1871.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Unknown
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests information on the Badlands expeditions of Major Lazelle and Captain Dickey. He would also like to borrow the book Keogh, Comanche and Custer.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-26
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests information on David Sloane Stanley’s expedition for the Northern Pacific Railroad survey. He notes that members of the Smithsonian accompanied the expedition to collect scientific information, and that the Smithsonian may have photographs from the expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-20
Reports regarding military activity in Dakota Territory and along the Yellowstone River.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1872-1873
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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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
List of General David Sloane Stanley’s troop movements during the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873 by date and landmark.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Unknown
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-12-02
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
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
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
Historian Chester L. Brooks is seeking information on the 1864 Sully expedition’s travels near Square Top Butte. Kenneth J. Crawford’s father, Lewis F. Crawford, wrote History of North Dakota, and Brooks is interested in viewing Crawford’s research notes.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-09-23
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-09-31
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-09-16
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
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-08-29
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