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Dick Upton; Master Chronicler of General Custer and Indian Wars by Duane Plank It Featuring the Weekly Newspapers of Hawthorne, Inglewood and Lawndale Hawthorne Press Tribune Lawndale Tribune AND LAWNDALE NEWS Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 3, No. 21 - May 27, 2021 South Bay Teacher Wins Big for Inside Her Kindergarten Students This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals ......................7 Classifieds ...........................2 Entertainment .....................2 Hawthorne ...........................3 Lawndale .............................4 Inglewood ............................5 Legals ............................ 2,4,6 Inglewood Unified School District would like to congratulate Payne STEAM Academy Transitional Kindergarten (TK) teacher, Mrs. Cicely Bingener, who was surprised during #TeacherAppreciationWeek by the SoCal Helpful Honda Dealers Team with $5,000 worth of classroom supplies and materials for her students. Mrs. Bingener was nominated by a former classmate and high school friend for her Pets .......................................8 hard work, dedication and commitment to her students. Like many of our amazing teachers, Mrs. Bingener rose to the challenge and continued to support her students in every way possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Congratulations Mrs. Bingener, and thank you for all of your efforts to ensure students receive high quality instruction and are consistently nurtured and cared for. Photo courtesy Inglewood Unified School District. Seniors .................................3 South Bay Local Author Dick Upton; Master Chronicler of General Custer and Indian Wars By Duane Plank it. The U.S. 7th Cavalry, a force of 700 men, We will start with a Thursday morning trivia suffered the major defeat while commanded by quiz…What do George Custer, the United States Custer. Five of the Cavalry’s twelve companies general who became famous (infamous?) after were annihilated, and Custer was killed, as were he and many of his charges were annihilated four of his male relatives; the total U.S. casu- by the coalescing of three Indian tribes on a alty count included 268 dead and 55 severely Weekend deadly battlefield back in late June of 1876 wounded (six died later from their wounds). along the Little Bighorn River in the Montana The battle and events in the tumultuous Forecast territory, and Hall of Famer “Prince Hal” ensuing decades in Montana, which became Newhouser, a southpaw pitcher for both the a state in 1889, piqued the interest of Upton, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, have in and he began a career documenting that common? A General and a Prince? locales events and that period in Western Friday Tick-tock… Does anyone know the answer? American history. And the answer is: both men are subjects of El Segundo resident Todd Felker considers Partly serious interest to El Segundo, author, publisher, Upton a long-time friend. During our phone Cloudy and resident Richard “Dick” Upton. conversation, Felker shared that he used to, Upton has a keen interest in history, especially back in the ’90s, do some computer work for Dick Upton and Wife Frankie 67˚/58˚ the historic timeframe surrounding the life and Upton. “(Upton) has lived in town forever,” Upton seized an opportunity to pitch against death of Custer. One of his books, of which Felker shared and is “Probably one of the the regular Army team and proceeded to shut more than 50 have been published, featured countries foremost experts on General Custer. them down, which prompted a keen baseball Saturday the Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the He has written a lot of books, published a lot observer, and Army General, to inquire “who Lakota and other Plains Indians, as the Battle on topics related to that facet of the Civil War.” is that kid on the mound?” who was stifling Partly of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred Felker said that Upton did not limit his interests the bats of the top-seeded team in the long-ago Cloudy to as Custer’s Last Stand. It was an armed to researching post-Civil War history. “He has held Army tournament. engagement between combined forces of the been in some bands, played baseball until up Upton said that “Baseball and the Civil War 67˚/58˚ Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes into his 70’s, late sixties at least, and has a era were two things that I seemed to excel in. and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United lot of interesting baseball stories,” Felker said. I wasn’t very verbal,” he admitted. He was States Army. The battle, which resulted in the As he entered his golden years, Felker said, born and raised in Flint, Michigan, in 1933, Sunday defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant Upton continued working, writing, editing, and “a great time,” he said while noting that “Flint action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. On June publishing his books and processing orders on (today) is a grim place, but in those days, was Partly 25–26, 1876, it took place along the Little Big websites such as Upton and Sons. a wonderful place. Work was good, and people Horn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in On the sporting side, Upton was always a were buying second homes. It was wonderful.” Cloudy southeastern Montana Territory. baseball pitcher, Felker added. Once he entered Upton said that both of his parents were from 66˚/57˚ The fight was an overwhelming victory for military service, Upton played on a ‘club’ Canada and that his mother was the child of Indians, who were led into battle by several baseball team in the Army, hoping to move a “well-off” family and had inherited “some major Native American titans, including Crazy up to the varsity army team, but his superior money.” Because of health issues, the family Horse. The visions of Sitting Bull had inspired officer nixed that idea. 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