History--Research

Creation Date

1953-11-20

Creator(s)

Lingk, Ray W., 1899-1979

Letter from Ray W. Lingk to Chester L. Brooks

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.

Collection

Creation Date

1953-07-06

Creator(s)

Lingk, Ray W., 1899-1979

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Kenneth J. Crawford

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.

Collection

Creation Date

1953-09-23

Creator(s)

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

Creation Date

1953-09-31

Creator(s)

Wright, Dana, 1878-1964

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright

Historian Chester L. Brooks encloses a notebook that Dana Wright left behind and is planning a trip to Square Top Butte with Harmon Olstad.

Collection

Creation Date

1953-09-23

Creator(s)

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

Creation Date

1953-09-16

Creator(s)

Wright, Dana, 1878-1964

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright

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.

Collection

Creation Date

1953-09-16

Creator(s)

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

Creation Date

1953-08-29

Creator(s)

Wright, Dana, 1878-1964

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Russell Reid

Historian Chester L. Brooks is revising The Badlands to 1879 to include a new map. Brooks may shorten the work for eventual sale. Visitation at Theodore Roosevelt National Park is down from last year.

Collection

Creation Date

1953-08-03

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Dana Wright

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.

Collection

Creation Date

1953-07-27

Creator(s)

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Russell Reid

Historian Chester L. Brooks provides the information he received after interviewing Lillian Derrenger, who claims to have been a maid for the Marquis de Mores, Medora von Hoffman, in 1903.

Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Memorandum from John W. Jay to George B. Hartzog

Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park has two recordings of frontier “old timers,” Benton C. Bird and George R. “Shy” Osterhout. The recordings are too fragile to mail but could be transcribed on tape. Superintendent Jay suggests contacting Harry F. Roberts, manager of the Chateau de Mores, who is knowledgeable of the early history of the badlands.

Collection

Creation Date

1960-07-26

Creator(s)

Jay, John W., 1904-1973

Letter from Ray H. Mattison to J. A. Huff

Historian Ray H. Mattison was aware of the story mentioned by J. A. Huff, but has been unable to verify it.

Collection

Creation Date

1950-01-31

Creator(s)

Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks

Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Historian Ray H. Mattison would like Regional Director Lawrence C. Merriam and Historian Olaf T. Hagen to verify statements made by Benton C. Bird regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Yosemite National Park.

Collection

Creation Date

1949-07-01

Creator(s)

Unknown notes

Unknown handwritten notes.

Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Ray H. Mattison to John H. Hansen

Historian Ray H. Mattison is researching Henry S. Boice and the 777 Ranch. He asks if John H. Hansen can provide contact information for Boice’s sons. Hansen responds with information for Henry Boice and Frank S. Boice.

Collection

Creation Date

1950-02-16

Creator(s)

Memorandum from Merrill J. Mattes to David H. Canfield

Regional Historian Merrill J. Mattes believes that Jacob J. Tomamichel, who was interviewed by Historian Ray H. Mattison, is the same person connected to several photographs in the Fort Laramie National Monument research file. Mattes plans to interview Tomamichel in May.

Collection

Creation Date

1950-05-10

Creator(s)

Mattes, Merrill J.

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Howard K. Beale

Historian Chester L. Brooks is researching the response in North Dakota of Theodore Roosevelt’s attempts to enlist men for the Rough Riders. Brooks requests help locating a letter from Roosevelt to Sylvane M. Ferris regarding enlistment.

Collection

Creation Date

1953-12-02

Creator(s)

Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Wallis Huidekoper

Historian Ray H. Mattison acknowledges receiving a copy of Willis Huidekoper’s Land of the Dacotahs. He plans to use the booklet in several articles that he is preparing.

Collection

Creation Date

1949-12-31

Creator(s)