I don't know if it is still in print, but Custer's Gold by Donald
Jackson and published by the University of Nebraska Press also
covers this expedition.
Ken Vandevoort
- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, qutlx1@... wrote:
>
> Some of you were pretty close to the exact spot:
> In the summer of 1874 Gen. Custer was placed in charge of an
expedition into
> what became South Dakotas Black Hills. The expedtion was to travel
thru the
> hills to do geographic research,study flora and fauna and
determine once and for
> all whether there was any substance to the rumors of gold.
> Included with many other experts were two former Colo. miners said
to be
> experts at finding the yellow stuff. In late July or early August
along French
> Creek gold was found.The exact location was"near French Creek
alongside the
> C.B.&Q. railway" as confimred by one the miners in 1900 upon a
return to the site.
> I believe this spot is near present day Custer which is in the
more southern
> portion of the Black Hills.
>
> If your interested in Western history,the Indian wars and Custers
life I
> highly recommend SON of THE MORNING STAR by Evan S Connell (1984).
Be prepared to
> have many popular bits of folklore about Custer,Indians and the
West brought
> under correction.
> Leo
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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