Sunday, May 30, 2021
*On 7/24/1805, the Corps of Discovery passed a bluff with crimson-colored earth, and Sakagawea reported that her people use the red earth for making paint.*
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| Crimson Bluffs: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
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We had to pass through this gate for the
Crimson Bluffs Trail |
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| Looks like a carrot family member |
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| Oxytropis sericea/White Locoweed maybe |
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| Opuntia polyacantha/Plains Prickly Pear |
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| Tiny lavender flowers |
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| Tragopogon dubius/Yellow Salsify is invasive |
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| Today's trail to the Crimson Bluffs |
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| The trail continues down the Missouri River (KSS) |
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| Another gate that Kent can figure how to use, but cattle cannot |
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| Oh! The Crimson Bluffs are below us! |
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| Just a short stretch of iron-rich rock |
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| Cliff swallows inhabit the limestone bluff above us (KSS) |
*On 7/24/1805, the Corps of Discovery also passed an area with many islands, and extensive beaver activity.* |
| York's Islands: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
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Meriwether Lewis originally named them
York's Eight Islands, but today there are two
large islands and several smaller ones |
~On 5/24/1999, Ada and Bert S followed a four-mile dirt road to one of Lewis & Clark's landing sites. They met a young calf who eyeballed them, but ran away when Ada took out her camera.~ |
| Again we found ourselves inside the fence with the cattle |
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| This little guy did not seem bothered by us |
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| 1999: Ada & Bert's cow and calf encounter |
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Lunch was at the Iron Horse Café and Pie Shop
in Three Forks, MT |
*On 7/28/1805, the Corps of Discovery arrived at the headwaters of the Missouri River, at the confluence of three small rivers. They named the southwest fork after President Thomas Jefferson, and that is the river they would continue to follow. The middle fork was named for Secretary of State James Madison, and the southeast fork was named for Secretary of Treasury Albert Gallatin. It was reported that it was in this area that Sakagawea was kidnapped as a 12-year old.*
~On 5/27/1999, Ada & Bert S stopped in Three Forks to see the Missouri River headwaters.~  |
The confluence of the Madison River comes in from the left
to join the Jefferson River curving down on the right |
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| Looking upriver on the Madison River (KSS) |
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| Wading fisherman in the Madison River (KSS) |
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| Kent poses at the Missouri Headwaters |
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| 1999: Ada poses at the Missouri Headwaters |
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| 1999: Bert poses at the Missouri Headwaters |
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A mile farther downstream we followed
a makeshift path to see ... |
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... where the Gallatin River on the left merges with
the beginning of the Missouri River on the right |
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The Gallatin River looking towards its
confluence with the Missouri |
*On 7/13/1806, on the return trip, William Clark's party reaches Three Forks. Clark divides the Corps of Discovery members between himself and Sergeant John Ordway. Ordway's group will continue down the Missouri River to join Meriwether Lewis. Clark and his men will explore the Yellowstone River.* |
| The snow-capped mountains never seem to get an closer |
*On 7/15/1806, on the return trip, Sakagawea led William Clark and his party over an old buffalo road to reach the Yellowstone River.* |
The Bozeman Pass Historical Marker is missing!
Bozeman Pass was on an old buffalo road. |
*On 7/15/1806, on the return trip, William Clark's party reached the Yellowstone River.* |
Sakagawea Park in Livingston, MT:
At the Yellowstone (by Mary Michael) |
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| Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Survey Marker |
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| Livingston was preparing for Memorial Day |
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Apparently every hometown citizen who died in
military service has a cross in his/her name (KSS) |
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| Miles Park Band Shell |
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The Yellowstone River and surrounding mountains
of Livingston, MT |
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| East Meets West (2014, by Parks Reece) has a rainbow trout instead of a rainbow |
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| Livingston Civic Center is home to cliff swallows (KSS) |
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Heading back towards Bozeman,
we reach the top of Bozeman Pass |
Next: Lewis & Clark Trip day 24.
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