Family of famed poet to breach Shadehill monument and unlock century-old mystery
Time capsule monument beside Shadehill Reservoir, located south of Lemmon.
John Neihardt, left, personally oversaw the creation of the time capsule monument which now sits beside the Shadehill Reservoir.
After gaining federal permission, the family of a famed poet/author plans to trek to a remote corner of South Dakota later this month to retrieve a century-old monument dedicated to a heroic mountain man.
The goal is to finally unlock a mystery hidden inside the monument, erected at the direction of writer John Neihardt as an “altar to courage” of the subject of one of his poems: Hugh Glass, who cr…
