NPS 1947 Luce - Condon examination of battleground

[herosrest]

Sept 28, 2022 10:54:13 GMT -6 herosrest said:

NPS material dating to 1947 related to E.S. Luce and D. (Del) Condon link who visted Luce's Ridge on Feb, 11th 1947, to photograph the area of battle related relic finds.

I couldn't turn up narrative to support the images but suspect it exists in NPS Yellowstone and LBH records. This would be some of the stuff inventoried and mapped by Greene in the early 1970's.

Source 1 - Source 2

Image 01 = link - Site of NewCuster Find
Image 02 = link - Site of New Custer Find
Image 03 = link - View down Medicine Tail Coulee
Image 04 = link - View across Medicine Tail Coulee
Image 05 = link - Capt. Luce looking for artifacts
Image 06 = link - Lower Medicine Tail Coulee fr.New Find
Image 07 = link - View down Medicine Tail Coulee
Image 08 = link - View across find site
Image 09 = link - Luce indicating probable (cause....... no) route
Image 10 = link - Area where expended cartridges were found
Image 11 = link - Area where expended cartridges were found
Image 12 = link - Area where expended cartridges were found
Image 13 = link - Area where expended cartridges were found (Yowzer!) Nice truck.
Image 14 = link - Medicine Tail Coulee & Weir Pt.
Image 15 = link - View into Med. Tail Coulee fr.New Site
Image 16 = link - View into Med. Tail Coulee fr.New Site
Image 17 = link - View into Med. Tail Coulee fr.New Site
Image 18 = link - New Custer find site
Image 19 = link - New Custer find site
Image 20 = link - Ridge approach across N.Med.Tail to Calhoun Hill
Image 21 = link - View down North Medicine Tail Coulee
Image 22 = link - View down North Medicine Tail Coulee
Image 23 = link - View down North Medicine Tail Coulee
Image 24 = link - View fr.center ridge btwn.frks.Med.Tail
Image 25 = link - View fr.center ridge btwn.frks.Med.Tail
Image 26 = link - View fr.center ridge btwn.frks.Med.Tail
Image 27 = link - View down ridge where cartridge and horseshoe were found
Image 28 = link - View down ridge where cartridge and horseshoe were found
Image 29 = link - View down ridge where cartridge and horseshoe were found
Image 30 = link - View down ridge where cartridge and horseshoe were found
Image 31 = link - View up North Medicine Tail Coulee
Image 32 = link - View up North Medicine Tail Coulee
Image 33 = link - Cartridge found by Condon at New Custer Find Site.
Image 35 = link - Horseshoe found by Condon at new site.

Note: Reference by Condon to North Medicine Tail Coulee is Deep Coulee as understood and expressed by Walter M. Camp. Del Condon - link - link
I have become seriously fond of image 23 and may do something quite special with it, like, blow it up.

The view described is across North Medicine Tail towards Calhoun, by Condon of Yellowstone and Luce of the Custer Battlefield.

[herosrest]

^Ducemus

This stuff is on NPS Yellwstone files and there is more requiring quite a bit of trawling, such as the flood damage which led to boundary changes of the Weibert land in the valley; construction of the pump house and power lines and many views of the cemetery and the battlefield from many visits.