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Jun 11, 2014 · Discover Hugh Glass Monument in Lemmon, South Dakota: This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.
In 1823, frontiersman Hugh Glass was gnawed by a grizzly bear, left to die, and crawled back to civilization. Monument marks the gnawing spot. Rescued from obscurity by a 2015 Leonardo DiCaprio film.
Head south on Highway 73 to the Hugh Glass monument near the Shadehill State Recreation Area. It's near where he was mauled by the bear and left for dead by his comrades. The area is part of the 155,000 acres of Grand River National Grassland, where pristine buttes and prairies almost guarantee a sense of peace.
Aug 29, 2023 · Hugh Glass's story inspired a monument in rural Perkins County near the claimed site of the bear attack. Neihardt, who traveled extensively throughout the west, helped install a time capsule there in 1923.
A monument to Glass was placed near the site of his mauling on the southern shore of the present-day Shadehill Reservoir in Perkins County, South Dakota, at the forks of the Grand River. The nearby Hugh Glass Lakeside Use Area is a free state-managed campground and picnic area.
Nov 7, 2019 · Last August, Lemmon-based artist John Lopez unveiled a new sculpture commemorating Hugh Glass, close to the spot where the legendary pioneer nearly lost his battle with an angry mother grizzly bear.
Jul 17, 2020 · Across the reservoir, situated on an overlooking bluff, stands a monument to Hugh Glass, fabled pirate turned fur trader and frontiersman. In August of 1823, while on a fur trapping endeavor with the Ashley Fur Company, Glass was attacked by a female grizzly bear near the forks of the Grand River.
Nov 7, 2019 · Artist John Lopez is creating a monument to Hugh Glass, the legendary adventurer best known for surviving a mauling by a grizzly bear. The Lemmon-based sculptor anticipates a renewed interest in the frontiersman when a film biopic based on his life is released later this year.
Glass's survival story has been recounted in numerous books. The many versions all tell a tale of strength and courage. A monument dedicated to Glass now stands near the site of his mauling on the southern shore of Shadehill Reservoir on the forks of the Grand River in northwest South Dakota.
Sep 20, 2023 · The effort to officially remove the century-old John Neihardt Hugh Glass Monument near Lemmon is slated for the last two weeks of October. Come November, only the larger, newer monument will remain on the grounds of Shadehill Reservoir.
