tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092960427378302566.post7745760815939596286..comments2024-03-25T21:01:01.874-05:00Comments on Goza's Wanderings and Wonderings: Indians, Indians and CusterDarrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634892792170572719noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092960427378302566.post-82080501631760436772015-06-11T22:40:44.046-05:002015-06-11T22:40:44.046-05:00Hello KCD, Thanks for the comment. Today was the s...Hello KCD, Thanks for the comment. Today was the second day here and I played golf today. I'm thinking about visiting the castle tomorrow and maybe get the steak. The campground is very nice and I'll be here another two days. CyaDarrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634892792170572719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092960427378302566.post-74904736831945026802015-06-11T22:37:36.603-05:002015-06-11T22:37:36.603-05:00Thanks for the comment RiverCat. I'm glad you ...Thanks for the comment RiverCat. I'm glad you enjoy the blog.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634892792170572719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092960427378302566.post-76686164934482048922015-06-11T22:29:57.019-05:002015-06-11T22:29:57.019-05:00Hello bh, thanks for the comment. I too have studi...Hello bh, thanks for the comment. I too have studied a lot of the Indian tribes and battles. Mostly just out of curiosity. I intended to say more about the Bighorn Battle but it would have taken many, many pages to list everything that led up to the battle. Bad things on both sides. My favorite place is yet to come,,,,which will be the Bear's Paw Battlefield. I don't know if I will write up a little or a lot. Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634892792170572719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092960427378302566.post-53457497880923694562015-06-11T22:05:44.514-05:002015-06-11T22:05:44.514-05:00My dad was born in White Sulphur Springs and we sp...My dad was born in White Sulphur Springs and we spent a lot of two week vacations there in the summers when I was in school. For a while, I thought it might dry up and blow away, there wasn't much going on, but we were there a couple of years ago, and it was going strong. Still not too many paved streets, but more than in the 50's. If you have time, be sure to take in a tour of the Castle. It is one of the tourist attractions there. The other thing, if you like steaks, have a rib eye at the Stockman's. Haven't had one as good since we were there last. My dad left in 1938 to come to California to work in the Gold Mines in Alleghaney, up above Grass Valley. He had relatives working there, and soon got a job in the mines, but it wasn't for him, he only lasted a few months before he was on to better things. There wasn't much of a depression in Alleghaney as the Govt bought all the gold they could produce at $16 an ounce. KCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068194796728187685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092960427378302566.post-23509471950174217962015-06-11T10:42:52.176-05:002015-06-11T10:42:52.176-05:00Hey Darrell, I recently found your site and you re...Hey Darrell, I recently found your site and you remind me of a really cool tell-it-like-it is history teacher I had at a community college many years ago. I recently featured you on http://www.journeylinks.blogspot.com. The Ramblin RiverCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835535908492898447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092960427378302566.post-68551872978525770772015-06-10T00:37:48.225-05:002015-06-10T00:37:48.225-05:00I took my son out there a few years back and we vi...I took my son out there a few years back and we visited many of the Indian battlefields, quite a few off the beaten path. I was interest in being on the land where that massive Indian encampment (I believe the largest ever) of Sioux stood those days...139 years ago in a couple of weeks. I'm probably posting this too late but if you have any time and interest you should go back out to I90, go south briefly and then turn around at the Custer Battlefield Museum. You can go in there and they can lead you to the location a little further north where the encampment stood. I swear when I was there, and at the Rosebud Battlefield (on private land), site of the Fetterman Massacre, Wagon Box Fight, and that first battle over the darn cow (Grattan Massacre) that started it all....it was like a religious experience for me. I could feel their spirits. Even down on the Platte in Fort Laramie where they signed those treaties of lies. That trip culminated a desire that began when I was four years old and received my Indian doll and moccasins that I still have over 50 years later.bhhttps://www.facebook.com/bheinsohnnoreply@blogger.com