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| A stop at Crazy Mountain Museum in Big Timber, MT |
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| Cobblestone City (by miniaturist Orvin Fjare, painted by Bev Josephson) depicts Big Timber in 1907 and took six years to build after meticulous research |
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| Another view of Cobblestone City, where 1/16" = 1 foot |
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| The E W Stetson Chap Collection; chaps being protective "leggings" worn by cowboys |
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| Bubo virginianus/Great Horned Owl was described by Lewis & Clark |
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| This stagecoach was originally used at Yellowstone Park (KSS) |
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| Another Pelecanus erythrorhynchos/White Pelican, described by Lewis & Clark (KSS) |
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| Lamp (by Tosten Stenberg) made of wooden squares made from poles, topped by a mystery mica shade (KSS) |
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| Crazy Mountain Museum has a Lewis & Clark Native Plant Garden (2006) with plants they found in what is now Montana |
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| Artemisia ludoviciana/Fringed Sagebrush was described by Lewis & Clark |
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| Gaillardia aristata/Indian Blanketflower was collected by Lewis & Clark |
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| Potentilla fruticosa/Shrubby Cinquefoil was collected by Lewis & Clark |
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| Seed pods of the Anemone patens/Pasqueflower |
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| Artemesia tridentata wyomingensis/Wyoming Sagebrush was collected by Lewis & Clark |
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| Opuntia polyacantha/Plains Prickly Pear was collected by Lewis & Clark and it was considered quite a pest as the thorns poked through the soles of the moccasins worn by the Corps of Discovery members |
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| Ribes aureum/Golden Currant was "discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
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| Elaeagnus commutata/Silverberry |
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| Populus trenuloides/Quaking Aspen was described by Lewis & Clark |
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| Water tender used in the 1907 fire that destroyed one third of Big Timber (KSS) |
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| Norwegian Stabbur/storehouse built as a tribute to the pioneers of Sweet Grass County by the Sons of Norway Fjell Heim 524 |
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| Tipi of the Northern Plains tribes |
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| The fastenings of the tipi cover |
*On 7/16/1806, on the return trip, William Clark and his group arrived on the north bank of the Yellowstone River, at a place where there was finally cottonwood trees large enough to construct a dugout canoe. From 7/19-24/1806, the Corps of Discovery members made two canoes, as well as stitching new clothing from deer and elk skins for their journey.*
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| Big Timber, MT: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker that describes Clark's Cottonwood Canoe Camp |
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| The site of Clark's Cottonwood Canoe Camp, now on an island, has been verified by findings of mercury, but is on private property where trees block the view |
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