On our Crazy Horse & Custer: War on the Great Plains Tour, you will travel through Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Montana, as you learn about these legendary figures. You’ll see where the buffalo and wild mustangs once roamed, the iron horse roared across the tracks, and frontier forts stood as sentinels to the progress of civilization to the West.
Inspired by the months Stephen Ambrose spent traveling with his family out West as he researched and wrote his book, Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors, this tour traces their route. Traveling in a VW bus and pick-up truck, they studied the habits of the people, the land they lived on, and their history.
They also grew deeply immersed in the lives of the two warriors on the Great Plains.
John P. Langellier, Ph.D., the historian for this tour, has studied Crazy Horse, Custer, and Sitting Bull for more than half a century. He will share his vast trove of knowledge and passion as he guides you back to the historic times of the Indian Wars.
With the expansive plains, rolling fields, and surreal rock formations as a backdrop, you will analyze the various interpretations of this history. Through screenings of classic film and TV depictions, with group discussions around them, you will compare the Hollywood version to the authentic history of the same period.
