LETTER WRITTEN BY “LITTLE BIG HORN” SURVIVOR EDWARD PIGFORD.

LETTER WRITTEN BY “LITTLE BIG HORN” SURVIVOR EDWARD PIGFORD. This most interesting two-page letter written by Edward Pigford to Earle R. Forrest in March of 1932 states “I was with major Reno from the start to the finish… in (Pangh Brn) hollow. I am the white man living that saw the last of Custer’s 5 companies go down. Come over I will show you proof that I was in it all..” Edward D. Pigford is listed on the Little Big Horn rosters as being in company “M” and wounded in Reno’s Valley during a skirmish line fight. Company “M” was in part of Reno’s circle closest to the “water carrier’s ravine and closest to Little Big Horn River, he died nine months after he wrote this letter in December 1932 at his Pennsylvania home. Earle R Forrest apparently did take up Pigford on his invitation as a front page article by Forrest appears in the Washington Observer, Washington,PA dated 10-4-1932 chronicling Pigford’s recount of Custer’s demise. Forrest was a well-known historian who spent much of his early life exploring the Western United States while working as a cowboy. A large archive of his material is housed at the Museum of Northern Arizona. The bulk of his collection relates to Cowboys, cowboy life Indian people, and the old West in general. At the time of this letter Forrest was writing a column for the Washington Observer, concerning forgotten items of historical interest, Forrest also wrote for Travel magazine, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, the Curio Collector, Westerners Brand Book and others. CONDITION: Overall very good as presented in archival frame 4-47056 JS233 (6,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2162	$0.00	LETTER WRITTEN BY “LITTLE BIG HORN” SURVIVOR EDWARD PIGFORD. This most interesting two-page letter written by Edward Pigford to Earle R. Forrest in March of 1932 states “I was with major Reno from the start to the finish… in (Pangh Brn) hollow. I am the white man living that saw the last of Custer’s 5 companies go down. Come over I will show you proof that I was in it all..” Edward D. Pigford is listed on the Little Big Horn rosters as being in company “M” and wounded in Reno’s Valley during a skirmish line fight. Company “M” was in part of Reno’s circle closest to the “water carrier’s ravine and closest to Little Big Horn River, he died nine months after he wrote this letter in December 1932 at his Pennsylvania home. Earle R Forrest apparently did take up Pigford on his invitation as a front page article by Forrest appears in the Washington Observer, Washington,PA dated 10-4-1932 chronicling Pigford’s recount of Custer’s demise. Forrest was a well-known historian who spent much of his early life exploring the Western United States while working as a cowboy. A large archive of his material is housed at the Museum of Northern Arizona. The bulk of his collection relates to Cowboys, cowboy life Indian people, and the old West in general. At the time of this letter Forrest was writing a column for the Washington Observer, concerning forgotten items of historical interest, Forrest also wrote for Travel magazine, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, the Curio Collector, Westerners Brand Book and others. CONDITION: Overall very good as presented in archival frame 4-47056 JS233 (6,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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