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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 11:18:18 GMT
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 11:25:18 GMT
Mess Tent. 
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 11:28:18 GMT
Meal prep  |
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 11:31:48 GMT
Head cook making hard biscuits.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 11:34:25 GMT
Indian pony heard.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 11:38:31 GMT
Custer
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 11:41:52 GMT
More cavalry here than either Reno or Benteen had. |
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 11:43:43 GMT
These few taken with Kindle, camera was broken on trip those pix lost.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 11:48:00 GMT
Steve can, I am sure, add to these. Even Wesel Fred.
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Post by yanmacca on Jul 1, 2016 13:13:23 GMT
Great stuff Tom, I am sorry I missed it.
Where on the battlefield were those photos taken, Steve is obviously looking across river but I cannot make our those features, if that is MTF (ford B) then it surly looks a lot different than I thought it looked.
Are the food and drinks stalls where the Indian village used to be?
That small rise which runs across the center with a trail passing over it (which looks like a scrambling track) would allow for the Indians to gather without being seen.
There also looks like a coulee which goes between the rise and the hill on the right, would that be MTC or deep coulee.
Please tell the guy who is playing Custer that he looks more like Chuck Norris.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 16:35:56 GMT
Yes Ian, that is part of the Ford B area, what you see off to the right is the ridge the scouts lobbed bullets into the village from. The ford area extends off to Steve's left for some distance.
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Post by Beth on Jul 1, 2016 19:37:17 GMT
I love, love, love the pictures.
I've been seeing on Facebook pictures of the re-enactors both on Weir Point and riding the bluff ala Custer waving to Reno. I would love to see a photograph of those two not taken with telephoto lens to see if you could actually tell who was on the ridge.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 1, 2016 22:30:50 GMT
The folks waving were walking, in uniform, and that was not Weir Point, it was just above the left side of ford B. At least that is the way during the first presentation. The folks who did the waving stayed at the 7th Ranch where Steve and I stayed. I think he talked to them at greater length than I did, so maybe he has more to add.
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Post by yanmacca on Jul 2, 2016 9:43:58 GMT
That small rise that I mentioned yesterday may not have been there in 1876, apparently they dumped earth there from construction work when they were building the roads system, so it could have been a long slope up to FFR and Calhoun.
But I must say that is is a refreshing change to see what the Indians would have saw, as most cameras point west, and I have been asking for years for shots that show the eastern view from the river.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 2, 2016 10:36:02 GMT
Beth,also, many reenactors ride the preservation land and may do photos at Weir. I think Steve may have some his previous rides.
Ian, the Real Bird property is located where the village was. The shot of the pony herd is further north from where the picture of Steve was also on the west bank.
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