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Post by bubbabod on May 14, 2006 10:21:04 GMT -6
Below are three pictures taken during a tour led by author/photographer Paul Horstad of Custer's camp during the Black Hills Expedition. The first picture is the sign telling of the expedition and the area and Illingworth's photos. Paul Horstad with bullhorn. Custer's camp was in the valley behind him. The valley as it exists today.
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Post by bubbabod on May 14, 2006 10:23:35 GMT -6
Oops, I'll try that again.
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Post by bubbabod on May 14, 2006 10:25:27 GMT -6
The valley as it exists today:
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Post by Lawtonka on May 14, 2006 13:38:45 GMT -6
That must have been a great tour! Thier book is one of my most favorites! It's funny, when I first started buying custer books I kept telling myself I was not going to expand outside of the Little Big Horn episode......guess what happened!
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Post by mwkeogh on Jun 27, 2007 13:57:33 GMT -6
On a rock outcropping just above this campsite is the location where Illingsworth set up for one of his famous shots of "Golden Valley". Right next to it you can find a carving of 'GAC US 7 Cav' on the rock outcrop. I wonder if Paul Horsted included that stop in his tour? Probably not, as it would take a bit of climbing to get to it.
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Post by Treasuredude on Jun 27, 2007 19:26:16 GMT -6
No. He mentioned it but it wasn't included on the tour. Our stop at the Permanent Camp was cut short by a pretty dangerous looking thunderstorm.
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Post by erkki on Oct 15, 2007 13:20:32 GMT -6
Does anybody out there have a fix on the location at which gold was found on the Black Hills expedition? I'd like latitude and longitude but will settle for less. TIA
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Post by mwkeogh on Oct 15, 2007 14:08:53 GMT -6
Does anybody out there have a fix on the location at which gold was found on the Black Hills expedition? I'd like latitude and longitude but will settle for less. TIA I don't know how accurate it is, but there is a sign posted along French Creek a few hundred yards west of the Golden Valley base Campsite allegedly designating the exact spot where gold was discovered in 1874. It is along a side road that turns off to the left just before you arrive at the Campsite if you are driving from Custer City.
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Post by harpskiddie on Oct 15, 2007 15:36:28 GMT -6
Grafe and Horsted in Exploring With Custer [pp 56-57] examine the case for Castle Creek possibly being the first place where gold was discovered 27 July. The camp was located at 44 01 45 and 103 51 20 [Ludlow's records]. Don't know about the creek location as far as coordinates are concerned.
Get the book, if you don't already have it. It will be a wonderful guide to exploration of the Hills, or following the old trail, some of which is still there and visible.
Gordie, I don't know where I'm goin' and I'm not sure where I been..............................................
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