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Post by ignimbrite on Oct 26, 2008 23:04:59 GMT -6
This is from the Sept 5th 2008 Billings Gazette The failed Powder River campaign and many other little-known bits of history are only a detour away from Highway 212 as it stretches from Belle Fourche, S.D., through Alzada, Broadus, Ashland, Lame Deer and Busby before it joins Interstate 90 at Little Bighorn Battlefield interchange near Crow Agency.
For the past 10 years, businesses along the route, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and local history buffs have been working to elevate the stature of historic country traversed by the two-lane highway. In 2007, the Montana Legislature designated the length of 212 from Little Bighorn southeast to the Montana line the "Warrior Trail." The rest of the article is here. www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/09/05/news/state/27-once.txtI've seen the Warrior Trail signs on highway 212 but never knew what they were about. It's an interesting drive, much prettier than I-90 when going from the Black Hills to LBH, but quite a bit of truck traffic on a two way sometimes narrow road. It avoids Gillette, Wy, however, a big plus in my book. Ruth
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Post by cefil on Oct 27, 2008 6:39:53 GMT -6
I traveled 212 from LBH to Belle Fourche for the first time last month, and really enjoyed it (in spite of two lengthy construction delays). You pass through some beautiful country, and the "feel" of two-lane travel is just so much more appealing than the impersonal nature of the Interstate system.
But, Ruth, don't be dissing my adopted home town...I spent the 80s in Gillette and really loved it. (Besides, it's the only place I've lived that has memorialized my presence with my name on a bronze plaque on a prominent public building...so it will always have a special warm spot in my heart!)
cefil
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Post by ignimbrite on Nov 7, 2008 1:03:10 GMT -6
Cefil writes - But, Ruth, don't be dissing my adopted home town...I spent the 80s in Gillette and really loved it. (Besides, it's the only place I've lived that has memorialized my presence with my name on a bronze plaque on a prominent public building...so it will always have a special warm spot in my heart!)
Please accept my sincerest apologies. The next time I am in Gillette in the fog, a ground blizzard, pouring rain or searing heat, (since it's Gillette all within the same 5 minutes), I will ignore the surly, rude and unhelpful store and hotel clerks and quest daringly into the heart of Gillette to seek out the fabled bronze plaque. But don't hold your breath as to the likelihood of that happening.
Ruth, with tongue firmly in cheek
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Post by biggordie on Nov 7, 2008 10:44:56 GMT -6
Having one's name on a bronze plaque on the City Jail is indeed an honor, or maybe a glory - I'm not sure if they are cimamums or not; I'm having trouble following that particular "Honor" thread, since it pretends to be in English.
My name is scribbled or spray-painted on the walls of several City and County Jails, but I've never risen to the level of a permanent bronze plaque.
"Tell them Gordie Boy was here!" I exclaimed. "Tell 'em yoursef, boy," was the reply, followed by a loud clanging sound. "What we have here," said the Chief Jailer, "is failure to make bail."
Gordie
Clark County, Saltillo, San Diego, Browning........................................
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Post by Diane Merkel on Nov 9, 2008 10:01:09 GMT -6
(Besides, it's the only place I've lived that has memorialized my presence with my name on a bronze plaque on a prominent public building...so it will always have a special warm spot in my heart!) OK, I'll bite. Where is the bronze plaque and what does it say?
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Post by cefil on Nov 9, 2008 12:51:30 GMT -6
OK, I'll bite. Where is the bronze plaque and what does it say? Well, contrary to the insinuendos of some, it cannot be found in Cell Block A of the Campbell County Detention Center. Nay, to find this particular mystical bronze tablet one must journey to the sacred wikiup of wisdom (the Bear Butte of Biblios) and, upon entering that hallowed lone tipi, seek out the name inscribed thereon: the war chief who (heedless of honor or glory)* led the defense of the Powder River country (in LBH+105) against the forces of ignorance. cefil *Or is that redundant?
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