Photographs
This W.B. Coston photograph shows members of the Wray and Vernon G.A.R. posts with their families at the September 1899 meeting that founded the Beecher Island Battlefield Association. The pile of stones is the first monument erected by three Forsyth Scouts in the fall of 1898, on the 30th anniversary of the battle.
This photograph was taken at the 1901 dedication of the wooden monument that was erected by the Association. The rocks in the center are probably those of the 1898 Scout cairn.
This photograph shows the 1905 monument and the tent meetings held until the Assocation constructed a building on the north bank of the Arikaree in the late 1920s.
A few of the surviving Forsyth Scouts who attended the 1905 reunion. From the left: George Green, J.J. Peate, Hutch Farley and Howard Morton. The right-hand section of this print was missing but the arm and shoulder are those of Chalmers Smith.
1925-1934 Photographs
This detail shows the relationship between the Association
building, the county road bridge and the 1905 monument located on
the south bank of the river.
Footbridge erected by the Association.
Shot from the stage of the Association building.
The "temporary" board wall shows quite well in this image and the
preceding one of the footbridge.
May 31, 1935 Flood
Compare this view with the early 1930s view just above.
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