Open Range Events

07/27/2023

In the Lakota tradition, a person who is grieving is considered most wakan, most holy.

There's a sense that when someone is struck by the sudden lightning of loss, he or she stands on the threshold of the spirit world. The prayers of those who grieve are considered especially strong, and it is proper to ask them for their help.

You might recall what it's like to be with someone who has grieved deeply. The person has no layer of protection, nothing left to defend. The mystery is looking out through that person's eyes.

For the time being, he or she has accepted the reality of loss and has stopped clinging to the past or grasping at the future. In the groundless openness of sorrow, there is a wholeness of presence and a deep natural wisdom.

09/15/2022

Who would love to do this?
An event in the works.
👻. 🚂🚞🚞🚞🚞

12/21/2021

A Winter Solstice Prayer

The dark shadow of space leans over us. . . . .
We are mindful that the darkness of greed, exploitation, and hatred
also lengthens its shadow over our small planet Earth.
As our ancestors feared death and evil and all the dark powers of winter,
we fear that the darkness of war, discrimination, and selfishness
may doom us and our planet to an eternal winter.

May we find hope in the lights we have kindled on this sacred night,
hope in one another and in all who form the web-work of peace and justice
that spans the world.

In the heart of every person on this Earth
burns the spark of luminous goodness;
in no heart is there total darkness.
May we who have celebrated this winter solstice,
by our lives and service, by our prayers and love,
call forth from one another the light and the love
that is hidden in every heart.
~ Edward Hays

12/20/2021

We had the honor and the privilege of meeting and having this wonderful man and his beautiful wife Sonja attend our event in Deadwood in 2019.
It was so incredibly humbling to have spent a couple of days getting to know Ernie and listen to his teachings and stories of his great Grandfather, Chief Sitting Bull and his way of life, culture and spiritual beliefs of his Lakota people.
Ernie gave me his book and signed it for me in Deadwood. A treasure I will always cherish.
The real story of Chief Sitting Bull.

Get your signed copy today by ordering at prairie edge.

Never before has the story of Sitting Bull been written and published by a lineal descendant. In Sitting Bull: His Life and Legacy, Ernie LaPointe, a great-grandson of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota chief, presents the family tales and memories told to him about his great grandfather.

10/01/2021

Happy October 1st! 🍁🍂🌻👻
Heading out West for a Haunted road trip! First stop, Virginia City NV.

09/13/2021

Although our events have all been postponed until 2022, we are excited to say we are attending this event this October as ticket holders.

I’m Sharing this event to let others know about it.
It is put on by our friends and it’s the 4th annual Virginia City Comstock Conference held at the Old Washoe Club. It’s gonna be great!
Tickets are still available, so get yours for this 3 day event!

Well I’m packin up my bags and I’m headin out West, Cause I wanna be a cowboy baby! 🤠
Come join in on some spooky fun and investigate multiple locations in Virginia City Nevada!
Hope to see ya there!!!

www.vccomcon.weebly.com

08/11/2021

If my Polish culture dies in America (USA and Canada) it really isn't that big a deal. It will still exist in Poland. Not so with indigenous peoples. There is no other place. North America is their old country. ♥️

05/16/2021

What an amazing investigation with our amazing friends. ♥️👻

05/16/2021

The Gray Ghost.

05/15/2021

Tonight’s investigation is taking place on the USS EDSON.
Docked in Bay City MI.

The keel for the Forrest Sherman class destroyer USS EDSON (DD-946) was laid at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, on 3 December 1956. EDSON is one of the relatively few ships of the U.S. Navy named for a United States Marine, in this case Major General Merritt Austin Edson.

Edson was launched on 4 January 1958 by General Edson’s widow, Ethel Robbins Edson, who broke the traditional bottle of champagne over the ship’s bow. EDSON’S final fitting out and sea trials occupied the next ten months, and on 7 November 1958, EDSON was commissioned under the command of CDR Thomas J. Moriarty, USN. She then sailed in early 1959 to the Caribbean and through the Panama Canal to reach her original homeport of Long Beach, California, on 2 March 1959.

For the next two decades, EDSON served as a valuable member of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, earning a reputation as a Top Gun ship and the nickname, “The Destroyer.” Her ship’s crest included a skull copied from the shoulder patch worn by then Colonel Edson’s First Marine Raider Battalion.

Edson’s last decade of service began by sailing to her new homeport of Newport, Rhode Island. There, on 15 December 1988, EDSON was decommissioned by CDR Gideon W. Almy III, USN, the eighteenth and final Commanding Officer. EDSON then served for many years as part of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City, prior to be returned to the U.S. Navy.

USS Edson – Ship Construction and Specs
Awarded: January 27, 1956
Keel laid: December 3, 1956
Launched: January 4, 1958
Commissioned: November 7, 1958
Decommissioned: December 15, 1988
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system: Four – 1200 lb. boilers, Two steam turbines; two shafts
Propellers: Two • Length: 418.3 feet (127.5 meters)
Beam: 45.3 feet (13.8 meters) • Draft: 22 feet (6.7 meters)
Displacement: Approx. 4,000 tons full load
Speed: 32+ knots
Aircraft: None
Armament: Three Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber guns; Mk-32 ASW torpedo tubes, (two triple mounts)
Crew: 17 officers, 218 men