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Offline Mince

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Supplying Custer
« on: June 21, 2016, 12:00:21 AM »
Hey, Roger, have you read the 2014 book: Supplying Custer: The Powder River Supply Depot, 1876? Apparently a few years ago this archaeology digging guy found some old stuff in a river bank in Montana that came from a military supply depot used by Custer. The buffalo bones date the site to before 1890, because as we all know bison were all killed from the Great Plains by 1890, and a gun cartridge dates the site to after its manufacturing date.
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Supplying Custer
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2016, 09:22:00 AM »
Nope, haven't read it yet. I've crossed the Powder River several times and I'm always reminded of a description of it from the early pioneers...
"Too thick to drink, too thin to plough."
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Re: Supplying Custer
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2016, 12:48:55 PM »
Quote from: Roger Kettle on June 21, 2016, 09:22:00 AM
Nope, haven't read it yet.

I'll set the questions for my yearly Roger Custer Test from the book.
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