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I call it Americas Woolly Mammoth 🦣🦬

So much to see in the area. Rapid City is the large city nearby and then Mt Rushmore is up in the Black Hills just southwest. Custer State Park is very close as is Crazy Horse Memorial (huge and still not completed). Further south is Wind Cave Natl Park. If you (or your kids) are into mammoths, a little farther south at Hot Springs is the Mammoth Site where the fossils of the Ice Age are being actively dug out and researched. Back up to Rapid City and east on I-90 and Badlands Natl Park is not far off the freeway. I’m not from SD, but it’s a great place to visit.

Beautiful. We have Bison where I live.

I need and want to go to South Dakota…

Best State Park in America (and i am from Michigan).

Beautiful creatures

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I hear ya, brother! Ever checked out the "Country Church" south of Soldier? My grandparents were the caretakers there for 50+ years.

GREAT video! My Aunt and Uncle (Ruby & Bill Hebb) farmed on Oak Avenue all their lives.

Tree Burr Oak ??

I’ve been there many times. But I can’t figure out where you are in relation to main areas of the park. Wish I could I may be there tomorrow. If roads aren’t flooded

I like that color

Wow, nice! It's great to have some background information and history of this beautiful place.

Must be America's best kept secret -- not another car in sight on your drive. Amazing stretch of country roads. I had no idea Iowa was this beautiful. Keep up the good work!

Enjoyed this video very much. Ever stumble on any waterfalls in the Loess hills??

Charles Larpenteur led an amazing life, from the sadness of his children's death to the adventure of meeting so many Native Americans during the fur trade. Thanks for this beautiful video!

What state is this?

Can’t really see much with the side cameras.

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks

Well done, 4wdexpedition. I do a self-study of early North American Mountain Men and Trappers in my spare time. .I've come across Charles Larpenteur name a few times as an indirect reference--- though he exist (as an adult) a bit after the time-line I tend to concentrate on for my own personal work. Regardless, to have exist at that time, no doubt, had to have been a tough life, indeed. Very poignant life.That said, I really enjoyed your presentation. The footage of the terrain was a real treat. Please let us know if you learn more about the whereabouts of Makes Cloud. BTW, LOVED the opening music. Very beautiful. Reminds me of the opening to the film, 'The Hired Hand' (Peter Fonda and the late, great Warren Oates). Peace.

I have worn out a lot of tires on country roads. And lots of film.

Thoroughly enjoyed this!

Man, I'm currently doing my own exploration of Harrison, Pottawatomie and Mills. This is amazing! I'm headed out to these roads next week!

My family was at Preparation. One couple was married there.

I'm just finding this treasure of a video. I am a descendant of Charles' brother, A.L. Larpenteur. This is a wonderfully done documentary

What’s the name of this road? For example, Maple St or like 250th Ave. I’d really like to drive down it.

This is a wonderful video. I too love exploring back roads. I live in Monona County along the Loess Hills.

I’d like to come out there sometime. Where are these roads?

I have visited Charles last resting place and live near where Fort Vermillion would have been. I have to say this was very well done. Thank you! I wouldn't doubt that Makes Cloud rests on one of the highest bluffs above his homestead or perhaps anonymously near him at Fountainebleau. Charles was a good friend of Theophile Bruguier the French decent trader at the mouth of the Big Sioux river that is now Sioux City. Bruguier now rests near War Eagle on the bluff overlooking the Missouri at Sioux City.

I live very near here and knew exactly where you were driving. Thank you for this beautiful video. I photograph this area all the time.

Thanks for your video! I'm researching Preparation and you've filled in some blanks for me. Zion's Harbinger mentioned the death of Johnson Lane, but he's not buried in the Preparation Cemetery - I wonder if he's buried on that hill. Thompson's idea for communal living wasn't original - other groups including some Mormons, the Amana Colony, Icarians, Hutterites, tried communal living. One source called the creek "Jordan" - which goes with references to Preparation as Zion or Mount Ephraim. Beautiful country!

I live 15 miles from here and have never heard this history! What a wonderful video! Thanks so much !

Love the drone shots of Murray Hill!

I’m so impressed! I learned so much from this. I live near Charles’ homestead, and often drive on the road named after him. Beautifully done!

Take in the beauty of mother nature

I grew up here

This is interesting history. I grew up here. ❤️

Thank you for this! We share the same Great Great Grandfather and love for this land and its history. Zaida Perrin Swain was my Grandmother and the daughter of David Perrin. As a boy, I was fascinated with her stories of growing up in a farmhouse located near to Preparation cemetery, where our Great Great Grandfather is buried. My sister Kristine Lehan told me about your youtube and the story about Charles B. Thompson adds a fascinating and colorful chapter to our family history.