Steindaddie Posted December 1, 2007 Share #1 Posted December 1, 2007 Here is a piece my grandfather put together in the 1950's which featured his talents as a printer and a digger of artifacts. These are actual arrowheads "fired" that day and also very American in terms of militaria. :>) No digging is allowed there today (and maybe not back when grandpa was doing it !) Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted December 1, 2007 And a close-up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted December 1, 2007 Closer-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alonzo Posted December 1, 2007 Share #4 Posted December 1, 2007 back then the battlefield was almost a wide open space owned by a local ranchers. The Wiebert family found hundreds of cavalry artifacts during that time. They put together a couple of books on their finds. "Custer, Cases and Cartridges", and "60 years in Custers Shadow". Very interesting reading if you have chance to find. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted December 3, 2007 back then the battlefield was almost a wide open space owned by a local ranchers.The Wiebert family found hundreds of cavalry artifacts during that time. They put together a couple of books on their finds. "Custer, Cases and Cartridges", and "60 years in Custers Shadow". Very interesting reading if you have chance to find. Cheers I have several books on the subject and it's interesting what is found there until this very day. And.... I visited the Little Bighorn recently and come to think of it, when driving to the Reno battlefield one does access it through private property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted December 3, 2007 Share #6 Posted December 3, 2007 Did anybody notice the wrong date shown for the Custer fight? It was 25 June, not 26 June, 1876. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMPERIAL QUEST Posted December 3, 2007 Share #7 Posted December 3, 2007 Good for your Grandpa. Not every artifact should remain buried, or be preserved in a museum. I like to see this stuff in private collections I remember watching a small dig that was carried out on the PBS show "History Detectives" a while back. It is really something to see objects unearthed that haven't seen the light of day for 130+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted December 4, 2007 ....I remember watching a small dig that was carried out on the PBS show "History Detectives" a while back. ... What a great show - I never miss History Detectives ! And...I'm glad you liked the little display that my grandfather made - I'll be having it reframed and leaving it just the way he made it - date and all. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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