Pompey's Pillar-Lewis and Clark stopover - Worden MT
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Don.Morfe
N 45° 59.219 W 108° 00.376
12T E 731862 N 5096959
Captain Wm. Clark, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition stopped here July 25, 1806 on his way down the Yellowstone.
Waymark Code: WM13J98
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2020
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TEXT from Historical Marker: Captain Wm. Clark, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition stopped here July 25, 1806 on his way down the Yellowstone. He wrote in his journal that the rock which he named Pompey’s Tower, was: “200 feet high and 400 paces in secumpherance and only accessible on one side…The natives have ingraved on the face of the rock the figures of animals etc. near which I marked my name and the day of the month & year. “
The signature is still there. Only fools destroy but it had to be protected from vandals by a steel screen erected by the Northern Pacific Railway Co.
The party camped a few miles down the Yellowstone that night and the buffalo made so much noise that they had difficulty sleeping.
"Must Sees"at this location":
Must go see the Yellowstone River not far away.
Date Waymark Created: 07/25/1806
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