Item #5886 Original 1874 Newspaper Reporting on the Custer Expedition To Black Hills. George Custer.

Original 1874 Newspaper Reporting on the Custer Expedition To Black Hills

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Historic Newspaper. Free Press, August 27, 1874, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 4 pages, recto and verso. An article on the second page describes Custer's expedition and findings in Black Hills, in the expired Sioux reservation, Wyoming Territory. In part:"...The expedition thus far has met with no resistance from the Indians...Gold and silver are found in numerous places...All reports, with Gen. Custer's official dispatches, agree in proclaiming this country a second El Dorado in mineral wealth and an Eden in picturesque loveliness." Usual folds, in excellent condition.

Item #5886

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