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Custer’s destiny shaped here by a powerful 3-day June blizzard

by Mike Kopp | Jun 28, 2020 | Custer Trail Auto Tour, Dickinson, History, North Dakota history, outdoors, Places to go, Road Trip, Things To Do

Truth or Myth? Did it really snow on Custer? What’s a Snow Camp? At first I didn’t believe it. It sounded like an urban myth, an old wives tale, or cowboy folklore. In fact, when I repeated the story, I felt guilty, like I was telling a falsehood. How could one...

Surprise! Can This Brilliance be Summer in Western North Dakota?

by Mike Kopp | Jun 27, 2020 | Custer Trail Auto Tour, Golden Valley County, History, Photoblog, Square Butte

Brilliant Summer Colors in Western North Dakota Brilliant summer colors took us by surprise when we adventured through western North Dakota. Our goal was to find General Custer’s Snow Camp. There he and his troops were caught by surprise when a frigid...

We Drove The Remarkable Lonely Custer Trail. Have you?

by Mike Kopp | May 23, 2020 | Billings County, Dickinson, Hike, History, North Dakota history, Snapshot Saturday, Things To Do

Saturday Snapshot on the East Custer Trail Years ago, we headed to a high point on one of the nastiest winter days to get a shot of sunset over the Badlands, west of the Missouri River. We crossed the Custer Trail a time or two on our drive west of the River. Then,...

Custer’s destiny shaped here by a powerful 3-day June blizzard

Surprise! Can This Brilliance be Summer in Western North Dakota?

We Drove The Remarkable Lonely Custer Trail. Have you?

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