Yall didnt know you were going to get a show tonight, but it is friday night, so got to have some kind of a show. You know, ive found that the best time machine is music. Books are a close second, and i really try to transport the reader back in time with my books, but music gets you there instantly, you know . You hear a bob dylan song, youre back in the 60s, you hear a Stephen Foster song, youre back in the 19th century. So lets go back in time to 19th century missouri when even during the worst of times in a civil war and later the notorious jamesyounger game, people had great songs and great music that they sang. [applause] thank you. All right. 1876. You know, that summer, june 25th on the banks of the little big horn river, montana territory, George Armstrong custer and american 200 men under his command are wiped out by lakota and cheyenne warriors. That summer, a former lawman with long flowing locks was shot in the head in deadwood, south dakota. Wild bill hick come. There wer
Nearly every Minnesota town has a celebration centered around parties and pageantry. But Northfield may be the only one that honors the defeat of a famous American outlaw. This will be the 75th year they've re-enacted their victory.