Photos from Ft Keogh

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Charles W. Temple

22nd US Infantry

Photos from Fort Keogh

The following photos were among the possessions of Charles Temple.
They were taken by a photographer named Christian Barthelmess.
Barthelmess was a member of the 22nd Infantry Regiment
for many years, as a musician and photographer,
and his photos are among some of the most significant taken
in the history of the westward expansion of the US.

It is not known whether Barthelmess and Charles Temple were personal friends.
The original Barthelmess photos from the estate of Charles Temple
are now part of the collection of the Custer County Art & Heritage Center
in Miles City, Montana. Miles City adjoins Fort Keogh,
where Charles Temple and the 22nd Infantry Regiment
were stationed during the late 1880's and early 1890's.

The life of Christian Barthelmess is chronicled in the book:

Photographer On An Army Mule

by Maurice Frink with Casey Barthelmess

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1965

Sioux Brave ( named Spotted Hawk in the book Photographer On An Army Mule)

Sioux Squaws weaving blankets (identified as Navajo in the book Photographer On An Army Mule )

American Horse, an old villian, good indian now, but has cut as many throats
and scalped as many babies as any indian on the reservation.
( indentified as Little Chief in the book Photographer On An Army Mule )

Sioux Squaw at the tender age of 105
(indentified as Old Washy, A Navajo in the book Photographer On An Army Mule )

Little Eagle -- War Costume

Colorado Lone Lake Summit of Needles Mountains.
Captain Miner in centre.
This lake has no inlet or outlet and no bottom has been found.
( indentified as Lt. Kell, Capt. C. W. Miner, and Lt. Jones at an unamed Colorado
mountain lake near Fort Lewis in the book Photographer On An Army Mule )

Christian Barthelmess, age 33, while with the 22nd Infantry
at Ft Lewis, 1887

Back of one of Charles Temple's photos
showing Barthelmess' trademark

Photo of Christian Barthlemess from the book:

Photographer On An Army Mule

by Maurice Frink with Casey Barthelmess

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1965

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