2007/06/09
Crazy Horse and the Shootout
About five miles north of Custer is the Crazy Horse Memorial. This not for profit organization has been working on the memorial since 1948 and very far from complete. It’s unfortunate that the original sculptor who died in 1982 had such grandiose plans for the sculpture that it is destroying a large portion of a mountain and may never be completed --- at least not in my lifetime. I’m not sure that this is the memorial that the founding Indian chiefs had envisioned.
This evening we attended a "shoot out" at the Gold Pan Saloon. A bunch of locals including the owner of the RV park where we are staying and his wife are the cast of this grass roots show.
Inside the Museum at the Crazy Horse Memorial
A motorcycle with Crazy Horse's famous saying.
The sculptor's studio.
The Crazy Horse Memorial in its current state
The white sculpture is the model that reflects what the mountain will look like when done. In the background one can see there is a lot of work still to be done.
A bronze sculpture that was donated to the memorial.
A colourful bison on one of the downtown streets of Custer.
"The shootout" the good guys are on the left and the bad guy is at the right front.
Looks like everyone has been shot except for Rock (RV park owner) --- he was shot just after this photo was taken.
