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No way to be knowin’
Here’s a detail from yesterday’s photo of the Memory Tree. There was something about those buttons…
The title of this post comes from the Cowboy Celtic song I linked to a couple of days ago:
Just who fell first and who was last
There’s no way to be knowin’
And in the background you can see the markers where Custer and some of his troops fell.
Little Bighorn National Battleground, Montana
photographed 8.28.2020
The Memory Tree
This little tree has a big responsibility, with all those mementos attached to it. It’s just that I don’t know why those things are there or what the significance is. But it’s important to everyone who left something behind and I wanted to honor that emotion with this image. And if anyone knows about this memory tree, please tell me.
Little Bighorn National Battleground, Montana
photographed 8.28.2020
Custer died a runnin’
Back in the olden days, the Patient Spouse visited this location, which back then was known as the Custer Battlefield. Since then, the name’s been changed to something less Euro-centric, the Little Bighorn National Battleground. But, either way, it’s where in 1876 General George Custer and his troops battled Lakota and Cheyenne warriors, and came out on the losing end. Over 263 U.S. troops were killed, including Custer. The Lakota and Cheyenne were camped along the river – the trees at the bottom of this hill. The markers in this photo show where U.S. troops fell; the marker in the center, the one with the dark area, shows where Custer’s body was found.
The band Cowboy Celtic has a song called “Custer Died A Runnin'” and of course the song was on my mind. It was on my mind to the point that we played it several times while we drove through the park.
Little Bighorn National Battleground, Montana
photographed 8.28.2020
House of Wonder
In answer to your questions:
- No, I did not visit Tinnelli’s House of Wonder.
- And, yes, there IS an apostrophe missing from the sign.
But I think we all can agree that the sign added a bit of visual interest to this abandoned building.
Bosler, Wyoming
photographed 8.27.2020
…but was it the HOLY ghost?
I could tell you that this was planned in advance as part of a Big Important Concept Photo that I wanted to make.
But that would be a lie, and you’d notice it right away because by now I am sure you know that Big Important Concept Photos are not even I thing that I do.
So here’s the actual truth about what happened: my camera settings were wrong (100% user error) for the situation, so the resulting photo was…awful. Except that in an odd way, it wasn’t awful. At least to me.
Limon, Colorado
photographed 8.26.2020
One Day | One Image 