tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post1735549403805548545..comments2024-01-14T02:47:37.835-08:00Comments on Semi-True Tales of Our Life on the Road: LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL MONUMENT – HARDIN, MTLaurie and Odelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08160352835343733761noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-54342137492671519472010-09-10T19:34:54.396-07:002010-09-10T19:34:54.396-07:00Told with such eloquence~gee I hope I spelled that...Told with such eloquence~gee I hope I spelled that right! We visited here when our sons were still at home with us; they are now 36 & 33. That day there was an American Indian docent, I guess she would be called, telling their version of the story and I'm so thankful that we got to hear it. Of course, we already knew the other, but hearing her tell that was priceless for us. And as you say, standing up there looking down and simply looking and listening, and knowing, is a great history lesson.meowmommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01209824648988317879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-39941406650442356342010-09-05T15:30:23.674-07:002010-09-05T15:30:23.674-07:00Great blog Laurie. I felt almost with you. Looks...Great blog Laurie. I felt almost with you. Looks like I have another place to add to our list. I really appreciate sites like that. Thanks for sharing.dreamjosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433229967484075517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-86203687223356854322010-09-05T10:21:29.441-07:002010-09-05T10:21:29.441-07:00Great post! This battlefield has been on my list ...Great post! This battlefield has been on my list to see for over 20 years and it just seems I never get there.<br /><br />We are in West Yellowstone for a week of exploring the Park, maybe I will get to the battlefield on the way out.Chuck and Anneke's RV travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929384797592263167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-65361253737846556662010-09-04T18:59:16.299-07:002010-09-04T18:59:16.299-07:00Well written, Laurie. Thank you for your moving w...Well written, Laurie. Thank you for your moving word description.Bobbie and Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052038274050011149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-91680007364077580702010-09-04T15:37:11.305-07:002010-09-04T15:37:11.305-07:00Excellent post and pictures, Laurie. Through the p...Excellent post and pictures, Laurie. Through the pictures and your eloquent writing, I sensed the sadness and sacredness of this park. We'll definitely have to follow in your footsteps and visit this battlefield.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02127136414493184501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-64248101754803744902010-09-04T10:16:23.095-07:002010-09-04T10:16:23.095-07:00Nicely written, Laurie. It's an awesome place...Nicely written, Laurie. It's an awesome place and you captured 'the feeling' of the place well. JanChuck and Jan Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09416238903631219945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-16301992088059363532010-09-04T03:41:03.392-07:002010-09-04T03:41:03.392-07:00Will have to go back and visit again. Not only wa...Will have to go back and visit again. Not only was I not "into" photography back then, but those red markers didn't exist.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333995679958103393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-2074278412057592732010-09-03T20:43:18.391-07:002010-09-03T20:43:18.391-07:00Judy and Emma already caught the math error I was ...Judy and Emma already caught the math error I was going to note. Good for them. I'm inspired to put this on our 'bucket list' for future travels. It seems like spirits still live there, and I'd like to experience them as well. What a wonderful history lesson! Thanks.Sharon Del Rosariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743800968323230586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-85287262623473646032010-09-03T20:00:52.958-07:002010-09-03T20:00:52.958-07:00Gosh, I would love to visit that battlefield. Even...Gosh, I would love to visit that battlefield. Even in photos, it strikes me as a very poignant, sad and sobering place. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing it with us.Miss-Fithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272162159647522227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-73617724744136526962010-09-03T18:58:10.627-07:002010-09-03T18:58:10.627-07:00Robert loves visiting places like this. The sacred...Robert loves visiting places like this. The sacredness of this place comes thru in your post. Kathy :)Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853376127384685051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-86523879203840274532010-09-03T18:41:51.370-07:002010-09-03T18:41:51.370-07:00To read more about the Indian-Cavalry battles of t...To read more about the Indian-Cavalry battles of the early west, I suggest the "Plainsmen" series by Terry C Johnston. If you're like me and love this type of history you can't wait to finish the book so you can start the next one, (there are 16 in the series, more were planned but unfortunately Terry died in 2001)but when you finally get to the last book you don't want it to end.<br />It's a fascinating history of the end of the Indian Nations and the Calvary that caused it.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainsmen_SeriesPalmsRVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898416117045268799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-77263287942523149462010-09-03T15:28:25.975-07:002010-09-03T15:28:25.975-07:00Oh my gosh, is it 2010 already?? Ha-ha... I knew ...Oh my gosh, is it 2010 already?? Ha-ha... I knew that, it's math I have a problem with. :)Laurie and Odelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08160352835343733761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-61119148777880936302010-09-03T15:02:13.762-07:002010-09-03T15:02:13.762-07:00A moving location, and post. :)
By the way, if t...A moving location, and post. :)<br /><br />By the way, if the markers were erected in 1890, then it was 120 years ago. Time flies when you're having fun. :)Travels with Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411769980205792011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-24600289587915034482010-09-03T13:36:10.807-07:002010-09-03T13:36:10.807-07:00Thank you Laurie for taking us to a place that we ...Thank you Laurie for taking us to a place that we have never seen. Your thoughts add insight to the story that I read so long ago. Perhaps their deaths weren't in vain, but the Indians didn't<br />accomplish as much as they first had surmised. So many thoughts, as you stand looking in the current tranquility. A thing to wonder about at best! Why do we need a war?Rod Ivers https://www.blogger.com/profile/11622769861928590585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-14103618185378910972010-09-03T09:45:52.714-07:002010-09-03T09:45:52.714-07:00It was May of 1992 when I first walked on the grou...It was May of 1992 when I first walked on the ground at Little Bighorn. It was a quiet day with few people around & I felt the presence of it's saddened history. I have come across a few 'special' places in my travels & have always felt that battleground was one of them. Gettysburg in 1980 moved me as well. Stayed one night at a Motel in Hardin while visiting Little Bighorn & that very night watched Johnny Carson's farewell show............Al Bossencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307619781955351484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-71887800546775528032010-09-03T09:26:52.673-07:002010-09-03T09:26:52.673-07:00Great post, Laurie. It brought back a lot of memo...Great post, Laurie. It brought back a lot of memories of our visit to the Little Bighorn Battlefield in 2007. Looks like you had very similar weather to us as well as a very similar reaction to the historical surroundings.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523089898331291694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-4718360688804367882010-09-03T09:26:28.889-07:002010-09-03T09:26:28.889-07:00I agree, the Little Bighorn Battlefield is well wo...I agree, the Little Bighorn Battlefield is well worth a visit. I found it especially interesting to hear the contrasting perspectives of that historical event from the NP Service visitors center multimedia presentation, vs the presentation by the local native american indians who conduct their own tour of the battlefield.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165638443454869417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-4425095207478619392010-09-03T08:01:42.060-07:002010-09-03T08:01:42.060-07:00I almost feel like I am there with you. Your post...I almost feel like I am there with you. Your post is very moving and so well written. We will certainly be sure to visit this sacred site soon.John and Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358936538485648978noreply@blogger.com