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Thunder Butte, in South Dakota, has featured prominently in my family's history since 1913. Also known as "Wakinyan Paha" to the Lakota, its religious and cultural significance to the Lakota goes back much further in time, still. Rising from the dry, rolling prairie grasslands in Ziebach County, in northwestern South Dakota, the butte is located on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.

From the top of the butte, you can see for miles in every direction. There are not many people here, although the land is alive with the memory of those who walked here before us. Taking in the quiet of the plains as they reach to the horizon, you can well imagine the way the world was before we were here, and what it may look like long after we have moved on.

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FEBRUARY ----2012

About Thunderbutte.com

Thunder Butte, in South Dakota, has featured prominently in my family's history since 1913. Also known as "Wakinyan Paha" to the Lakota, its religious and cultural significance to the Lakota goes back much further in time, still. Rising from the dry, rolling prairie grasslands in Ziebach County, in northwestern South Dakota, the butte is located on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.

From the top of the butte, you can see for miles in every direction. There are not many people here, although the land is alive with the memory of those who walked here before us. Taking in the quiet of the plains as they reach to the horizon, you can well imagine the way the world was before we were here, and what it may look like long after we have moved on.

--Mike Crowley Michael Crowley



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February 04, 2012

REO Speedwagon



Using the REO Speedwagon for a Photo Shoot, 1936



Here's an interesting photo taken near Thunder Butte (background on the right) in 1936 with my grandmother, Mayme Crowley, sitting on the running board of an old REO Speedwagon truck. Her son, Neil, is sitting on the hood of the truck and her brother, Joe Shockley, is sitting on the fender. A friend, Bill Williamson, is standing with a foot propped up on the truck. Of course, it could have just been the sun in her eyes, but Mayme does look downcast. The photo was taken on the occasion of Joe's planned departure from the area. Joe was a long-time resident of Glad Valley.



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AT WAR WITH HATE A Story by Eagle Cruagh (John...

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NOTRE DAME FINISHED ----HOME. 10-5-2012

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March 04, 2010Lemmon Family's Baby Book For Sale o...

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Previous Posts

•REO Speedwagon

•Just an Old Line Shack

•Pictures and Video

•Old Line Shack

•Saddle Tree

•Thunder of the Butte

•Why No Blog Posts?

•Thunder Butte Now on Facebook Too

•Oh I Only Want to be a Cowboy

•The Long Trail Home





Archive

•current

•February 2005

•March 2005

•April 2005

•May 2005

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•January 2006

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My Links

Cheyenne River Lakota Nation

Ziebach County History (USGenWeb)

Ziebach County Historical Society

South Dakota Office of Tourism

State of South Dakota

South Dakota Magazine

Faith, South Dakota

Faith Chamber of Commerce

Dupree, South Dakota

Town of Isabel

Timber Lake, South Dakota

Timber Lake Historical Society

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Defenders of the Black Hills

S.D. Watch

Owl Tipi Art

Who links to me?







February 04, 2012

REO Speedwagon



Using the REO Speedwagon for a Photo Shoot, 1936



Here's an interesting photo taken near Thunder Butte (background on the right) in 1936 with my grandmother, Mayme Crowley, sitting on the running board of an old REO Speedwagon truck. Her son, Neil, is sitting on the hood of the truck and her brother, Joe Shockley, is sitting on the fender. A friend, Bill Williamson, is standing with a foot propped up on the truck. Of course, it could have just been the sun in her eyes, but Mayme does look downcast. The photo was taken on the occasion of Joe's planned departure from the area. Joe was a long-time resident of Glad Valley.



--Mike Crowley

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THE CAPTURE OF JAMES DANGEROUS GIST.

BACK TO MARE ISLAND---- as a patient.

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AT WAR WITH HATE A Story by Eagle Cruagh (John...

U.S.S. ROCHAMBEAU (# 1)

ArchivecurrentFebruary 2005March 2005April 2005May...

BEVERLY JEAN McGEE Long Beach, Ca.

MEDICAL TRAINING 2

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WORLD WAR II HOSPITAL CORPSMEN

INDUCTION to NAVY (En route Omaha, Nebraska)

Doing the washing aboard Navy Tin Can.

Leaving Faith , South Dakota en route to Join the...

PARKED CARS (END) TRUCK DRIVING (BEGIN)

LOCATING CALIFORNIA

NOTRE DAME FINISHED ----HOME. 10-5-2012

FIRST COMMUNION

ARRIVAL ---- NOTRE DAME ACADEMY

CONTENTS ------FORWARD------ARCHIVES

February 04, 2012REO Speedwagon Using the REO Spee...

Wednesday, October 3, 2012February 04, 2012 ...

REO SPEEDWAGON

Connecting: THUNDER BUTTE.COM and eaglecruagh.blo...

THUNDER BUTTE CREEK (Doan ranch)

THUNDER BUTTE TRAIL DRIVEA Poem by Eagle Cruagh ...

10-2-2012 SOUTH DAKOTA COWBO...

HIGH SCHOOL PAST, SUMMER IS OVER The mail just cam...

10-2-2012 SO...

FEBRUARY ----2012 About Thunderbutte.com Thunder B...

January 22, 2012Just an Old Line Shack The Old Lin...

January 07, 2011Thunder Butte Now on Facebook TooI...

April 01, 2011Why No Blog Posts?Dear readers, you'...

About Thunderbutte.com Thunder Butte, in South Da...

November 04, 2010Far from the Golden Arches Remote...

October 31, 2010Halloween Trickery on the PrairieH...

August 28, 2010Photos from the Faith Centennial Pa...

July 28, 2005The Big Drought: Turning Grasshoppers...

June 25, 2010Long Time Glad Valley Resident, Rex W...

About Thunderbutte.com Thunder Butte, in South Da...

May 23, 2010Massive South Dakota Tornado Not exac...

March 04, 2010Lemmon Family's Baby Book For Sale o...

February 26, 2010Once You've Heard the OwlListen t...

November 22, 2009Earl Engebretson Earl Engebretson...

October 11, 2009Babe Mansbridge - Champion Bronc R...

About Thunderbutte.com Thunder Butte, in South Da...

June 01, 2009Dinosaur Bones -- a Key to Economic D...

May 24, 2009Weather Hat Company Has a Thunder Butt...

About Thunderbutte.com Thund