“Our house at Fort Lincoln, Dakota” is a notation that many may not pay much attention to, other than as an identification of a depicted location. It was written by Gen. George A. Custer, on the verso of his own portrait of him and the 7th Cavalry officers under his command, along with their wives and some infantrymen, which sold at Swann Galleries in New York City on February 11 for a $20,000 bid. Auctioned off as part of the signed historical photographs from the Jerome Shochet Collec

May 2010
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
More In This Issue
- Fort Pierre, South Dakota
- William C. Porter
- Western Flair the Duke Would Appreciate
- Grape History on a Sunset Ride
- Top 10 Western Museums of 2010
- Great Guns in the Panhandle
- The Walls of a Prison Will Never Hold Me
- Depression-Era Treasure
- Tracking a Vendetta Rider
- As American as Apple Pie
- Mellow-Trauma
- Straws in the Wind
- Custer Portrait Shares a Hidden Story
- Centennial Celebration
- Can you tell me something about the Apache of southern Arizona?
- Can you tell me something about the comic book hero Kid Colt?