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| Cottonwoods by the Yellowstone River in Laurel, MT |
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| Western Heritage Center (1901, by C S Haire as the Parmly Billings Library in Richardsonian Romanesque style) is located in Billings, MT |
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| Moss Mansion (1903, by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh in English Renaissance style) for Preston Boyd Moss, a banker who established the utility companies in Billings, MT |
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| Peter Yegen Jr Yellowstone County Museum in the McCormick Log Cabin (1893 in downtown Billings, moved close to the airport in 1954) |
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| We saw a video about Joseph Medicine Crow who served in the US Army during WWII, and earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom |
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| As a member of the Crow tribe, he was trained as a warrior, and as a soldier he carried an eagle feather in his helmet; through his war experiences, Joe Medicine Crow accomplished the four "coups" necessary to become a Crow War Chief: 1) touch an enemy, 2) take an enemy's gun, 3) take an enemy's horse, and 4) lead a successful "war party" |
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| McCormick-Spear Roundup Wagon (c 1920s) |
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| The Roundup Wagon is what we would call the Chuck Wagon/a field kitchen |
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| Saddle of the 1964 World Champion Steer Wrestler C R Boucher, who was born in Livingston, MT (KSS) |
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| An early type of War Bonnet/headdress earned by a War Chief (KSS) |
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| War Bonnet/headdress and trailer originally were worn only by warriors during battle; now they are worn for ceremonies |
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| Detail of how the eagle feathers are attached |
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| Tragic story of Sacrifice Cliff, where 16 warriors purposely drove themselves over a cliff to free their tribe from a smallpox epidemic |
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| Crow woman's saddle (KSS) |
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| Photo of the woman's saddle in use (KSS) |
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| Two-faced Ghost Dance Doll; while the First Peoples saw their culture coming to an end with westward expansion, a spiritual movement began in hopes that clean living and more cooperation between the First Nations would end American expansion and bring peace |
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| Billings, MT: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
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| A Range Rider of the Yellowstone (1925, by Charles C Cristadoro) of actor William S Hart and his horse "Paint" |
*On 7/25/1806, on the return trip, William Clark and his party came to a rock formation that Clark ascended. He scratched his name and the date along with other names of other early trappers and soldiers, and pictographs and petroglyphs of the First Peoples. Clark named the formation for Sakagawea's child, Jean Baptiste, whom Clark nicknamed "Pomp," calling it Pompy's Tower.*
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| Pompey's Pillar: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
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| Pompey's Pillar National Monument Interpretive Center (2006) |
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| Pompey's Pillar was also significant for the Plains Nations that came here to trade |
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| Bust (2006) of Captain William Clark |
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| York |
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| William Clark |
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| Sakagawea and Jean Baptiste "Pomp" at 17 months of age |
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| Modern methods were used to create these two dugout canoes |
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| Pompey's Pillar |
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| Steps to climb to the top of the pillar |
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| Clark's "signature" is now protected |
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| View west upriver on the Yellowstone River |
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| View east downriver |
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| A fishing access sign is marred by bullets |
*On 7/26/1806, William Clark and his group reached the mouth of the Bighorn River.*
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| Bighorn River Bridge (1931-1933) |
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| Bighorn River curves to the right to meet the Yellowstone River |
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| Our lunch venue in Hysham, MT, which was surprisingly clean and modern for being nearly in the middle of nowhere |
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| Hysham, MY: Yucca Theatre (1931, by David and James Manning in Mission style) |
*On 7/29/1806, William Clark's party reached the mouth of the Tongue River.*
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| Another blocked attempt to see a river confluence: the Tongue River meets the Yellowstone somewhere beyond the trees on the right near Miles City, MT |
Again, a review of the return trip, as we will not be retracing our route as did the Corps of Discovery once they regrouped at Reunion Bay.
*On 8/3/1806, on the return trip, William Clark and his group arrived at the Missouri River near the mouth of the Little Knife River.*
*On 8/12/1806, on the return trip, Meriwether Lewis and his group arrived at the Missouri River near the mouth of the Little Knife River for a reunion of the Corps of Discovery.*
*On 8/14/1806, on the return trip, the Corps of Discovery camped at the site of Fort Mandan that had been destroyed by fire,*
*On 9/23/1806, on the return trip, the Corps of Discovery arrived in St Louis after two years, four months and ten days. The expedition has been completed.*
Next: Lewis & Clark Trip Day 39.
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