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Post by lizs on Jan 18, 2009 12:15:27 GMT -6
This is a location you just might want to visit while in the Black Hills. It's around 15 miles south/SW of Hot Springs, SD, in the southern most Hills region. Website: www.gwtc.net/~iram/The Cheyenne River runs all four directions through the large ranch, which lets wild horses run free. With this sacredness involving the river, it is a sun dance location. Depending upon which tour you take, you will go by the sun dance area. It has a long history with all kinds of rock art, from ancient up through the names of ranchers and newer stuff in one rock outcropping. Also in this same area there is an Indian village set up. I understand it was used as the Wounded Knee scene location in the movie "Hidalgo." Looking down upon the Cheyenne River valley, you'll also see a replica Fort Robinson set, which has been used for other movies (at least including the TV movie "Crazy Horse.") The ranch actively promotes itself as a filming location. It is a bit pricey, as now I believe tours are $50. Or you can go on a more exclusive tour into the far reaches of the ranch (which of course I would love to do!) for some hundreds of dollars. There are four tours in all offered. Here we look down on the Fort Robinson set
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Post by lizs on Jan 18, 2009 12:18:38 GMT -6
This is the sundance site. We viewed it from the bus, but did not get out at this sacred location.
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Post by lizs on Jan 18, 2009 12:24:36 GMT -6
Rock art at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary
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Post by lizs on Jan 18, 2009 12:27:07 GMT -6
Wounded Knee scene location from "Hidalgo." Filmed there in 2003.
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Post by lizs on Jan 18, 2009 12:29:55 GMT -6
And, yes, OF COURSE > wild horses!!! It's truly a beautiful area.
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Post by conz on Jan 21, 2009 10:14:13 GMT -6
Great pics, Liz...how come there aren't any pintos?!
Clair
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Post by biggordie on Jan 21, 2009 13:40:24 GMT -6
Strangely enough, I've seen small wild horse herds in Montana, Wyoming and Alberta, and don't recall seeing a paint horse either. Maybe they did not, for some reason occur, naturally in the wild - or maybe it's a simple coincidence. Horse experts chime in, please.
Gordie
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Post by Montana Bab on Jan 23, 2009 11:59:00 GMT -6
I'm no expert, but I know that most of the wild horses located in Montana come from the Pryor Mts. area, of which most are dun factor colors with primitive markings (dorsal stripes and tiger stripes on their legs). Also included are blacks, bays, sorrels, roans, grullas, buckskins, and chestnuts.
I don't know where those lovely pictures were taken in S.D., but there are pintos located on an 11,000 acre privately-owned sanctuary in the Black Hills area. Those herds of about 400 horses include overo and tobiano pintos as well as appaloosas and plain colors.
Great pictures!
Bab
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Post by clw on Jan 29, 2009 9:27:25 GMT -6
Hot Springs is on the agenda for my trip west this summer. Thanks for the great preview!
A Lakota friend of mine took a group of children to Hot Springs a while back. They held a small ceremony there and during it, the eagles started flying over them. A park ranger came by and told them they had to move on as they were 'disturbing' the eagles. The mind boggles.
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Post by zekesgirl on Jan 29, 2009 10:58:30 GMT -6
Imagine the ranger's expression had your friend turned and said, ' We called the eagles, YOU disturbed them.'
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Post by lizs on Jan 29, 2009 22:59:13 GMT -6
Glad to give a preview. The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary is a pretty neat place to see. Did the incident you were talking about happen at Wind Cave National Park? That's the only "park" I can think of around there with a ranger... well, Custer State Park, but it's a little farther away. Course, there are forest rangers... Hey, clw, I can share some places to see out there, if you share a vague itinerary. I'm all over that area of South Dakota and also Nebraska below it and Wyoming beside it. If you're into petroglyphs, I could share some locations. Also in the area, one place I have not visited has a B&B and gives tours of petroglyphs. There's a cool canyon on a former Pony Express route... I've been there... done it.. :-) Anyhoo, I've been all around Edgemont, Hot Springs, Igloo (which is just crazy and I have interesting tales and sci-fi looking photos of munitions bunkers stretching out on the prairie way west of the "town" - where I was chased by the "owner!"), stage coach station near Lusk, WY (great museum there - and pizza place!), town of Jay Em, WY, and in Nebraska, the Warbonnet battlefield on a pedestrian survey. Some day, when I think I have time, lol, I will run my photo resizer program and get up a whole bunch of photos from Warbonnet/Montrose posted on my Webshots album page, and get a link and a few shots up here. Been to Slim Buttes, SD, too... think I saw you ( ) had been there in the winter?? Love that location. Love the out-of-the-way spots. :-) And one more note on Hot Springs. I think it was the summer of 2007 there was a pretty widespread forest fire south of town. You'd see it on the way to the horse ranch, or to the Angoustora (sp?) Reservoir. I haven't been back to the area since then. I'm sure it will make me sad, but that's the way of the plains.. . That reminds me! You need to do Battle Mountain, too, at Hot Springs. Write me... I can share...........
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Post by lizs on Jan 29, 2009 23:11:08 GMT -6
One more note while you guys are reading. The one canyon has "Ludlow" carved into a wall. I am not familar enough to know... did a Custer expedition come in this area? Or just another Ludlow, or a ripoff?
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Post by clw on Jan 30, 2009 7:46:47 GMT -6
Yes, it was at Wind Cave. And that was us that hiked Slim Buttes last winter. I spend time with friends on Cheyenne River every year, so I have pretty good tour guides -- I just go where the truck goes. Done much of the Black Hills and spent a lot of time too exploring the Moreau/Owl River area, seeing old campsites and sacred places -- beautiful country. Like you, I just like trekking around. Two weeks always seems to go by like a flash.
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Post by clw on Jan 30, 2009 7:52:21 GMT -6
z-girl ~
There was a 'discussion' regarding the eagles it's probably best I didn't witness. You'd think a park ranger would have some semblance of sensitivity. Maybe he was absent the day they did the Indian relations seminar.
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