On Saturday Chris and I packed up the kids and headed 28 miles east of Billings to visit Pompeys Pillar National Monument. The monuments' most notable visitor was Captain William Clark (of the Lewis and Clark expedition). Calark arrived at Pomepys Pillar on July 25, 1806 on his return trip from the Pacific coast. Clark maked his presence by engraving his name on the rock. This inscription is the only remaining on-site physical evidence of Lewis and Clark's journey. Clark named this rock Pompy's Tower. It was renamed Pomepys Pillar in 1814 when the Lewis and Clark journals were published. Pompy was Clark's nickname for Jean Baptiste Charbonneau whose mother, Sacagawea was the party's interpreter. Pomp means "little chief" in the Shoshoni language.
Inside the visitor center. Caroline loved this the best; she was fascinated with everything and even sat though a movie about Clark. We had a really great conversation about how they made buffalo skin boats :)
Caroline and Sacagawea!
Connor and his friend Layne lead our group up the rock!
Here is the landing where you can see Clark's name~everyone needed a picture.
Wm. Clark July 25th 1806.
This is the view from the top of the rock. Simply spectacular with the Yellowstone River below.
After we hiked back down we took the path that lead down to the river. On the way we spotted these dugout boats. All this kids thought these were just "awesome!"
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