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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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-05-09
Reports regarding military activity in Dakota Territory and along the Yellowstone River.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1872-1873
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
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests information on the “Braseur House” along the Yellowstone River which may have been General Sully’s original destination on the 1864 expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-01-07
Report on the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1873-08-09
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
List of General David Sloane Stanley’s troop movements during the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873 by date and landmark.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Unknown
President Roosevelt hopes to see the portrait at the Cosmos Club. Regarding the horse, Roosevelt believes that it was purchased and he received the money.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-04
Theodore Roosevelt writes of the American Western frontier and his experiences there, along with some of the stories he heard about the lawless days of the area. The article includes drawings by Frederic Remington.
1893-06
Grant Prince Marsh, a “lifelong navigator of western rivers,” requests President Roosevelt’s help to prevent a dam being built near Glendive, Montana. The dam is being built for a private company, the Water Users’ Association, and will prevent future navigation of the Yellowstone River.
State Historical Society of North Dakota
1907-11-21
Grant Prince Marsh was the first person on record to hold a pilot license for the Yellowstone River. The license was issued by Sitting Bull, the “boss Indian of that region.”
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Unknown
Ray W. Lingk encloses notes from his Yellowstone trip where he was researching Sully Trail.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1955-10-27