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Pompeys Pillar National Monument – Montana

Images of Pompeys Pillar National Monument – Southern Montana, taken in June 2018.

Pompeys Pillar National Monument is one of the few Bureau of Land Management (BLM) parks that are developed; this one is compete with a Visitor Center, pathways, stairways and viewing decks. The park was created primarily to preserve and protect the signature in sandstone of Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition. On July 25 1806, when he carved his signature in stone, he was making his way back east to meet up with Meriwether Lewis’s half of their party. After traveling to the west coast they had broken their expedition in two to better explore and map the area.

The sandstone formation that bares Clark’s signature was named by him as a tribute to the son of his Indian Guide Sacajawea.
Pompeys Pillar on the banks of the Yellowstone River in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Pompeys Pillar on the banks of the Yellowstone River in Pompeys Pillar National Monument 		Signature in sandstone of Captain William Clark on July 25 1806 in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Signature in sandstone of Captain William Clark on July 25 1806 in Pompeys Pillar National Monument		 Captain William Clark’s signature in sandstone on July 25 1806 in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Captain William Clark’s signature in sandstone on July 25 1806 in Pompeys Pillar National Monument		 Indian petroglyphs and travelers signatures in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Indian petroglyphs and travelers signatures in Pompeys Pillar National Monument		 Pompeys Pillar from the base in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Pompeys Pillar from the base in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
The Yellowstone River as seen from on top of Pompeys Pillar in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
The Yellowstone River as seen from on top of Pompeys Pillar in Pompeys Pillar National Monument		 Original iron grille installed by the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1882 in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Original iron grille installed by the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1882 in Pompeys Pillar National Monument		 Replica of the tree trunk canoe used by the expedition in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Replica of the tree trunk canoe used by the expedition in Pompeys Pillar National Monument		 Flower booming in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Flower booming in Pompeys Pillar National Monument		 Pheasant in Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Pheasant in Pompeys Pillar National Monument

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Guest 28-Jun-2018 14:41
The history is always great.
Alease Perry 24-Jun-2018 18:32
Very cool Jerry! Love that you're exploring these additional monuments.
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