July 7,2008 Ft.Meade and Bear Butte

We left Gillette,Wy. yesterday with George and Janice Olsen and stayed at Rush No More Campground in Sturgis. Glad we're not here with all those motorcycles. We took off and went to Ft.Meade cemetery and museum. Ft. Meade was known as the Peace Keeper Frontier post of the Black Hills.They have a nice museum and grounds.This cemetery dates back to civil war and there are mostly civil war soliders and lots of children buried here.Here's a picture from the cemetery looking down on Ft. Meade and Bear Butte in background.

George and Sam standing by one of the Canons.

The next stop was to Bear Butte State Park. Bear Butte is a geologic wonder,gold rush landmark and a holy mountain to the Indians. They have a museum here and hiking trails.
Tomorrow we will explore Spearfish Canyon.