Fiddlesticks Woodworking

Custer

This past summer, my wife and I took a trip to Custer, South Dakota and completely fell in love with it.  We spent four days exploring the Black Hills by foot and ATV.  On a lark, we stayed at Calamity Peak Lodge, adjacent to state land.  It was awesome!  Joe, the proprietor, is a terrific guy and has a lovely family.  We couldn't help ourselves and went back just a few weeks later!

Right down the road from Calamity Peak is the site where General George Custer made his encampment for the 1874 Black Hills Expedition.  In the hundred forty years since, numerous artifacts have been discovered at the site and I was able to collect a few from an antiques dealer in town.  I'm not sure what some of them are, nor whether they're all genuine pieces from the expedition, but they're really cool anyway.  There are a few nails, a buckle (for a horse), an arrowhead, what looks to be some sort of surveying instrument, and some other mystery pieces. The frame is made from some old fence boards.


I also made a sister frame for a stunning photo of a Black Hills buffalo taken by J. Lowe, a highly regarded South Dakota photographer who I got to meet.  Check out his website here:  J. Lowe Photography.  His title for the photo is: "It's My Park".  Yes . . . yes it is.




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