MAY 2002 NEWSLETTER
News on our Last Meeting
The April meeting was held at the Stagecoach Inn in Buffalo.
Once
again your secretary saved the day by putting on a little show and tell that made use of a
world map and another map showing North America and the distribution of the various Indian tribes thereon.
The
discussion was a very abbreviated explanation
of a very complex subject: why some cultures developed higher technology while others
remained in the stone age.
The trend
for hunter-gatherer groups to lose territorial disputes to the agrarian groups played
itself out in the Americas both North and South.
It took
the Spanish longer than the Americans to dominate
the indigenous populations, but it’s a pretty well established fact who’s in
charge now.
Our Next Meeting
Will
take place at the HOLIDAY INN in Sheridan THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 16TH, 2002.
Social hour begins at 5;30 P.M. with the meal
starting approximately an hour later.
For
reservations call Rick Ingoldsby at 307-674-5195
Now
here is the important part; some of you are showing up at the last minute without calling
or calling too late for the eating establishment to prepare the buffet style dinners we
have come to expect which keep the cost down and saves a lot of time.
It is very
essential to give Rick your reservation
no later than MAY 14th !!!!
If
we can’t guaranty enough attendance to justify putting out a buffet, then we’ll
have to put up with the time consuming process of ordering from the menu.
So please
call Rick before Tuesday May 14th !!!!
Doing so
will make our jobs easier and your meeting much more efficient and enjoyable.
Our
program will be given by B.J. Earle on the Black and Yellow Trail.
This is
one I never heard of before, but I understand it ran through the Black Hills and on to
Yellowstone.
Travel
across North Dakota, and northern South Dakota in the early days by wagon was quite
difficult if not impossible because of the pot hole lakes, dead end fingers of land, and
swampy little creeks.
The drier
plains further south and the frozen stretches further north were some of the easier
routes.
I’m
eager to learn about this one and I hope many of you are too.
Western Trivia
The first
movie (a silent one) shot in Wyoming was called Wyoming Roundup and shot near and in Rock
River, 1904. |
