KEYSTONE SOUTH DAKOTA

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On the night of Wednesday July 13, 2022 we decided to spend the day in Keystone South Dakota and see the sights the following day . Although Keystone was where we were staying, we really hadn't had an opportunity to see the town. The original plan was go to the Presidential Wax Museum on the morning of the 14th and then drive over to the Little Bighorn battlefield in Montana, which would not give us very long to see the battlefield since it closed at 5:00 PM. So we decided to change our plans by staying in Keystone to see a few things, drive to Billings Montana that afternoon and get up early on Friday the 15th and then have all day to see the battlefield. This would cause us to backtrack an hour to see the battlefield but it would turn out to be the best decision. Russell wanted to see the Presidential Wax Museum but my expectations were low. I have seen many wax museums in my life. Madame Tussauds was probably the best but actually I was impressed with the quality of the figures. They were very lifelike.



Russell giving a press conference

George Washington with Betsy Ross

The committee picked to write the Declaration of Independence


Andrew and Rachel Jackson with Jean Lafitte

Vice presidents who finished out a presidents term but were never elected

James K. Polk

Lincoln Douglas debates

Grant with Lee at Appomattox

Grover Cleveland's White House wedding

Theodore Roosevelt

George Armstrong Custer

I forgot who these Indians were

Calvin Coolidge

Warren Harding

Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at Yalta

Harry Truman

Dwight Eisenhower

John Kennedy and John John

George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter

George W. Bush and Spotted Al Gore

A weird stance for Bill Clinton

George W. Bush and the fireman atop the rubble of the World Trade Center

Gorbachev and Reagan

William Howard Taft

My man Donald Trump

Wood carving

Wood carving

Wood carving

Wood carving

Wood carving

Carving the figures

Memorial to the victims of the Keystone Flood

Zachary Segroves and Russell Qualls with old Abe


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