I traveled from Omaha, Nebraska to Little Bend, South Dakota during early October to experience the prairie as the buffalo and first nations knew it hundreds and thousands of years ago. I had my prairie experience, but unfortunately it was a limited experience as the six mile hike I had planned across the Little Bend peninsula was not possible due to numerous hunters in the area actively firing weapons. I had to settle for an hour atop a bluff overlooking the rolling grass-covered badland'ish hills. The Missouri River is now a man-made lake across this particular section of the waterway, but I could still imagine the Lewis and Clark party floating past. This area also happens to be along the route in which Hugh Glass crawled back to a fort near Chamberlain, South Dakota after being mauled by a grizzly bear farther upstream. That story of course was turned into the epic film "The Revenant." And this site also happens to be included in The War on Drugs song "Thinking of a Place," which is an amazing song by an amazing band.
Little Bend, South Dakota in Google Maps is here.
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