History--Research

Creation Date

1953-05-21

Creator(s)

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.

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Creation Date

1953-05-22

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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.

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Creation Date

1953-05-20

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Ray W. Lingk

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.

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Creation Date

1953-05-05

Creator(s)

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.

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Creation Date

1953-04-24

Creator(s)

Lingk, Ray W., 1899-1979

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.

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Creation Date

1953-05-09

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Russell Reid

Historian Chester L. Brooks is forwarding the microfilm of military records. He believes that Colonel David Sloane Stanley’s memoirs are valuable to North Dakota and Montana history, particularly the 1873 letters to Stanley’s wife. The recorder is working well and Brooks has plans to record “old timers.”

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Creation Date

1953-05-12

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Ray W. Lingk

Historian Chester L. Brooks offers several corrections regarding a series of articles Ray W. Lingk wrote on military expeditions in western North Dakota.

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Creation Date

1953-04-21

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Herman R. Friis

Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks Chief Archivist Herman R. Friis and his staff for their help with his research at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. When he receives the Whistler and Stanley microfilm he will be able to complete his research on The Badlands to 1879.

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Creation Date

1953-04-08

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Frank L. Anders

Historian Chester L. Brooks is working on a book, The Badlands to 1879, and requests information and assistance with completing the section on military trails.

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Creation Date

1953-04-16

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright

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.

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Creation Date

1953-04-14

Creator(s)

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.

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Creation Date

1953-04-10

Creator(s)

Letter from Dana Wright to Frank L. Anders

Dana Wright summarizes a research trip to western North Dakota.

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Creation Date

1953-04-10

Creator(s)

Letter from Dana Wright to Russell Reid

Dana Wright summarizes a research trip to western North Dakota.

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Creation Date

1953-04-10

Creator(s)

Letter from Edward S. Luce to Chester L. Brooks

Superintendent Luce is sending his book, Keogh, Comanche and Custer. Luce is not familiar with the Keogh Trail and the trails in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana have not been researched heavily.

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Luce, Edward S. (Edward Smith)

Creation Date

1953-03-23

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Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Kate Roberts Pelissier

Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks Kate Roberts Pelissier for the article. He has been working on his “Badlands to 1879” project, which is nearing completion. Brooks will be working on the Roosevelt period next and looks forward to cooperating with Pelissier.

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Creation Date

1953-03-30

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Letter from Chester L. Brooks to K. Ross Toole

Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks Director Toole and Rita McDonald for their assistance regarding the Major Lazelle expedition.

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Creation Date

1953-03-24

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to K. Ross Toole

Historian Chester L. Brooks requests information on an 1877 expedition by Major H. M. Lazelle.

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Creation Date

1953-03-10

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Louis Pfaller

Historian Chester L. Brooks returns two articles and asks Father Pfaller if he has any information on Captain Dickey’s Trail or Major H. M. Lazelle’s Trail.

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Creation Date

1953-03-10

Creator(s)

Letter from Rita McDonald to Chester L. Brooks

Assistant Librarian McDonald encloses some excerpts from the Avant Courier regarding Major Lazelle’s expedition.

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