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Moustache!
THE CUSTER MOUSTACHE! source: Edinburgh Evening News, Scotland, October 24, 2008 A police officer in Ohio was suspended for three days without pay in a row over whether he had trimmed his General Custer-style moustache to regulation length. The facial...
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The University of Oxford on the betrayal
In a 2008 printing of an authoritative book on American history, an editor of the famous University of OXFORD (United Kingdom) added interesting comments on General Custer and his last battle. OXFORD ON THE BETRAYAL In the 2008 printing of the book A...
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Cover-up facts
COVER-UP FACTS No official military inquiry on Custer's Last Stand since June 25, 1876 The Reno Court of Inquiry concluded that Major Reno had lied under oath about the volleys heard in the valley. No legal action was ever taken against him. The files...
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Custer Touch (extended)
custerwest special videos: Custer's Last Stand is the most famous American battle in the world. The "Custer influence" in various movies often remains unnoticed. INFLUENCE IN MOVIES Captain Myles Keogh is accurately portrayed as General Buford's staff...
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Special: "They Died with their Boots On"
THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON Release: 1 January 1942 (USA) Tagline: the heroic saga of Custer's Last Stand! with: Errol Flynn (Major General George Armstrong Custer), Olivia de Havilland (Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bacon Custer), Arthur Kennedy (Edward 'Ned'...
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Left Hand's account
An Arapaho account of Indian friendly fire and the Last Stand LEFT HAND AT LITTLE BIGHORN source: William Graham, The Custer Myth, The Stackpole Company, 1953, page 111 " "The soldiers were up on the ridge and the Indians were all around them. There was...
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Benteen in his own words
Frederick Benteen in his own words IN HIS OWN WORDS source: The Benteen-Goldin letters (Benteen's own words); Larry Sklenar, To Hell With Honor, Custer and the Little Bighorn,University of Oklahoma Press, 2000 psychopath: a person with an antisocial personality...
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Custer's hometown
Custer's proud hometown honors its hero next October MONROE'S CUSTER CELEBRATION http://www.blogsmonroe.com/custer/ Karin, BlogsMonroe: Recent foot surgery has kept me immobilized, so I’ve spent this rainy Mother’s Day lounging on the couch reading Robert...
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Son of the Morning Star: new clip
NEW CLIP FROM SON OF THE MORNING STAR YOU CAN BUY THE DVD of the movie: RAREMOVIES.COM Historical insights about the clip below: the two women Custer freed were Sarah White and Anna Morgan, and both were brutally treated by the Cheyennes. The chiefs were...
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John Two Moon on the Last Stand
The story of Chief Two Moon's nephew JOHN TWO MOON AT THE GREASY GRASS source: Jerome Greene, Lakota and Cheyenne, University of Oklahoma Press, 1994, pages 46-48, Astonisher; Artwork by Howard Terpning "After they saw soldiers there, (John) Two Moon,...
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Major Reno's lies
Reno changed the words of his orders to make people believe that Custer wanted him to make an impossible charge inside the Indian village RENO CHANGED HIS OWN ORDERS source: Richard Fox, Archeology, history and Custer's last battle, University of Oklahoma...
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Read "Terrible Glory"
custerwest's and Little Bighorn battlefield visitors, angered by the silence of the National Park Service, constantly ask for a richly detailed English book that would explain the Little Bighorn betrayal and cover-up. Here is the best book. THE BEST ONE...
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Washington D.C. (update)
CUSTER'S CAPITOL HILL custerwest's pictures in Washington D.C., 25-28 October 2009 The Capitol General Grant inside the Capitol Abe The Library of Congress. According to the files of the Library, David Cornut's book in French, "Little Big Horn, autopsy...
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World War I 1918-2008
As we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, we remember Sitting Bull's grandson Standing Buffalo who fell on the battlefield in France. HERO OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR On November 11, 1918, the First World War ended. Standing Buffalo...
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Sioux warrior: "Why Reno didn't help Custer?"
Respects Nothing summarizes the Little Bighorn betrayal A SIOUX WARRIOR UNMASKS THE BETRAYAL source: Richard G. Hardorff, Lakota Recollections, Arthur Clark Company, page 32 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/custer "Reno could have gone to the aid of Custer...
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The Indian gospel
The exclusive GUIDE to learn the Indian gospel created by the counter culture THE INDIAN GOSPEL FOR DUMMIES by custerwest.org #1) DESCRIBE THE MAGICAL INNOCENCE The Indians were infants, sometime violent and incontrollable, but with a magical innocence....
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Captain Carter on the betrayal
Captain Robert Carter analyzed the Court of Inquiry and strongly condemned Benteen and Reno "THEIR BEHAVIOR WILL BE RECORDED AS A CRIME" source: A Very Real Salmagundi; or Look What I Found This Summer, edited by John M. Carroll, 1980, edited by custerwest.org...
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New book by Jeff Broome!
- BOOK REVIEW - One of the best specialists of the American West is back with a new book - a masterpiece. THE NEW BROOME! Few specialists are as appreciated on custerwest.org as Jeff Broome. The quality of his research makes him one of the best specialists...
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"The Last Stand" in music
Custer's Last Stand in music THE HEALING "The Last Stand" is based on the story of the Battle of Little Bighorn. Bill Miller collaborated with film score writer and Golden Globe Nominee, Kristin Wilkinson and Joshua Yudkin, to create a new piece of music...
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Custer's connection to Scotland
Custer's little known connection to Scotland SCOTTISH WARRIOR source: by John Ross writing for the Scotsman. The letter arrived out of the blue and turned the attention of one of America’s greatest heroes to a corner of faraway Scotland. A few weeks later,...
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On the steps of the Washita martyr
Grandniece Mary Moorehead on the steps of Chief Black Kettle's victim, Clara Blinn REMEMBERING CLARA source: Blinn Family Genealogy Clara Blinn's story (6') Mary Forrester Moorehead of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a grandniece of Clara Harrington Blinn. The...
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Custer in an upcoming video game
Defend the honor of the Garry Owen boys in "Darkest of Days" (see the Last Stand below... and ignore the fact that the Custer Country is mixed up with Switzerland!) LAST STAND IN PIXELS Alexander Morris was part of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry fighting under...
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Crazy Horse and Gall
The story of how Chiefs Gall's and Crazy Horse's stories of Custer's Last Stand were changed FAVOR THE FRIEND Gall's own testimony : during Custer's Last Stand, Chief Gall, Sioux hunkpapa, was looking for his daughters and wives in the valley. He never...
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Libbie's stand
Libbie Custer was a lone widow in Victorian times. But she stood up for the honor of her husband and fought the traitors of Little Bighorn LIBBIE'S STAND AGAINST RENO source : Libbie Custer to Mr. J.A.. Shoemaker, Daytona, Florida; March 19, 1925 Dear...
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Benteen on the Last Stand
A Last Stand... according to Captain Benteen THE LAST STAND... ACCORDING TO THE TRAITOR Letter by Captain Frederick Benteen to a friend, December 22, 1868 "Who can describe the feeling of that brave band, as with anxious beating hearts, they strained...