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The ultimate
antique
collectible will soon be auctioned, an entire historic
town. The town of Garryowen, Montana is located across the Little
Bighorn River from the National Park Service’s Little Bighorn
Battlefield National Monument.
Garryowen is home
to the Custer Battlefield Museum. The sale of the town includes a
4,000 square foot home, a trading post, the museum, an office
complex, a bed and breakfast, a post office, a gas station, a
restaurant and an archive of Elizabeth Custer’s papers. The
starting bid at the auction will be $6.5 million dollars.
The
town’s owner, Chris Kortlander has owned Garryowen since 1993, and
is selling the town in the hopes that someone with more resources
will buy the town and build a museum and research facility for
Elizabeth Custer’s archive. If you
value
antiques, you’ll love the archive, it contains
photographs, correspondence, drawings, notes, book drafts,
invitations and even a card from her and George Custer’s 1864
wedding.
I’m not sure exactly what the Custer
Battlefield Museum holds, but I doubt
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could find most of it from your local
antique
dealer. The Battle of Little Bighorn is one of the most
famous battles in all of the Indian Wars. The
value
of antiques found on that battlefield must be more than I
can imagine.
Hopefully, the person who ends up
with this town will put all the historical items to good use. I’d
hate to see our Nation’s history used by a corporation to make
money.
By Jamie.
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