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Black Hills
... the history of the monument are very well done. Barb and I took the walkway up to the base of the monument and around to the artist’s studio. Gutzon Borglum’s original vision for the monument was much larger than the finished project, as evidenced by the scale model in the studio. He passed away prior to finishing and his son, Lincoln Borglum, finished the monument in 1961, forty some years after beginning carving. Washington, ...
Keystone - Mount Rushmore - Deadwood
... is actually a derogatory name meaning "Snake in the grass" and that what we think was warpaint was their form of sun cream????. The Indians method of hunting was to stamped a herd of buffalo towards a cliff edge but at the last moment hidden braves leapt up and diverted the herd away after a selected number of bulls had been seperated and allowed to plunge over the edge. So they only killed enough to eat.
Later we boarded a very old yellow ...
Dead Mans Hand
... now and then). I won 7$ at his casino...whoo hoo! We bought the boys metal cap guns and they settled right in to this small town. It's not too far from Sturgis, so there were a few bikers in town. The Sturgis rally starts the end of July & into August. Tomorrow we are going to watch some reenactments/shoot outs in the middle of ...
Kevin Costner's Dream
Deadwood, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota was once a “gold mining” town sought out by prospectors, including General George Custer who brought a group here in 1874 looking for gold in them there hills.
Wild Bill Hickok was shot from behind while playing cards and is now buried in Deadwood.
And Calamity Jane came here and is said to have spent most of her time in the saloons. In 1903, she died here and is buried alongside Wild Bill.
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The Black Hills
After leaving Yellowstone, we enjoyed a nice drive across southern Montana, where we saw a great deal of hay and listened to a Native American radio station. Eventually we arrived to the Black Hills of South Dakota. The area is appropriately named because the hills look dark from a distance. As we drove through the area, we saw a slew of ...
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