| Dec 14 |
TUE |
3:30 pm |
Deadline for paid-in-full excursion fee (no refunds) |
Mar 17 |
THU |
3:30 pm |
Deadline for all excursion forms (available from instructor) |
Apr 6 |
WED |
TBA |
Meeting to explain excursion ways & means, inc. "Rules & Regulations" contract |
Apr 8 |
FRI |
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Lecture: America's Frontier Invasion of the Great Plains |
Apr 9 |
SAT |
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Tour Crazy Horse Memorial (optional/on your own) |
Apr 11 |
MON |
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Lecture: George Armstrong Custer & Crazy Horse |
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6:00 pm |
View Son of the Morning Star • Elks Theatre / 3 hr. |
Apr 12 |
TUE |
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Lecture: Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876 |
Apr 13 |
WED |
7:30 am |
Board bus • baggage stow & seat selection |
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8:00 am |
Depart for Little Bighorn Battlefield • Crow Agency, Mont. — 230 mi. |
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10:30 am |
Picnic-style lunch in city park • Broadus, Mont. (weather permitting) |
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1:00 pm |
U.S. Park Service presentation • film / 20 min. & narrative / 45-60 min. |
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1:20 pm |
Narrative on Visitor Center veranda overlooking battlefield (weather permitting) |
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2:30 pm |
Hike to Last Stand Hill & Indian Memorial (12 mi. thru alligator-infested bayou) |
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3:15 pm |
Walk the cemetery; visit the museum; browse the bookstore |
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3:45 pm |
Depart for Holiday Inn • Sheridan, Wyo. — 70 mi. |
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5:00 pm |
Hotel check-in • settle into rooms & acquaint yourself with the hotel facilities |
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YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE BUILDING UNTIL THE NEXT DAY! |
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6:00 pm |
Supper • served in hotel commons (pizza OR steak & lobster) |
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7:00 pm |
Leisure time; collaborate on excursion worksheets; general study session |
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10:00 pm |
Campfire in hotel lobby • make s'mores; tell scary stories; sing songs (optional) |
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11:05 pm |
Curfew • present in designated rooms; doors closed & locked; NO noise |
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YOU ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN ASSIGNED ROOMS UNTIL BREAKFAST! |
Apr 14 |
THU |
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Reveille & breakfast • Greenery Restaurant in Holiday Inn (on your own) |
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8:00 am |
Depart for Fort Phil Kearny & related sites — 20 mi. |
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8:45 am |
Tour & narrative: Fetterman Massacre, 1866 & Wagon Box Fight, 1867 |
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10:30 am |
Depart for Sheridan Main Street, inc. King's Saddlery & Western Museum |
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11:45 am |
Lunch • Sanford's Grub in Helvey Hotel & Cady Opera House, 1893 (on your own) |
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2:00 pm |
Tour of Gov. & Sen. John Kendrick's Trail End mansion/estate, 1913 |
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3:30 pm |
Tour of "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Sheridan Inn hotel/restaurant/dance hall, 1893 |
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4:15 pm |
"Code 43" — Holiday Inn |
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5:30 pm |
Supper • Remington's at the Powder Horn (sit-down nicey-nice style) |
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6:30 pm |
Return to hotel • organize belongings & tidy room to expedite morning departure |
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YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE BUILDING UNTIL THE NEXT DAY! |
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7:00 pm |
Leisure time; collaborate on excursion worksheets; general study session |
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8:00 pm |
Watch tape of 2007 "Civil War" game, Oregon State vs. Oregon (optional) |
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11:05 pm |
Curfew • present in designated rooms; doors closed & locked; NO noise |
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YOU ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN ASSIGNED ROOMS UNTIL BREAKFAST! |
Apr 15 |
FRI |
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Reveille & breakfast • Greenery Restaurant in Holiday Inn (on your own) |
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7:45 am |
Room inspection by chaperones; hotel check-out; board bus |
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8:15 am |
Depart for Devils Tower National Monument — 110 mi. |
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10:30 am |
Hike base of Devils Tower (aka "Tower Trail" 1.3 mi.) & browse visitor center |
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12:15 pm |
Depart for Rapid City — 80 mi. |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch • McDonald's Drive-Thru in Spearfish, S. Dak. |
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2:15 pm |
Clean bus & skedaddle in Custer-like fashion for home |
Apr 20 |
WED |
3:30 pm |
Deadline for all excursion study guides (7 total) |
