Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-25
"POMPEY's PILLAR"
A Stern Rock in Montana Marked by an
Early Explorer.

San Francisco Call: Everybody has
heard of the expedition Of Lewis and
Clarke up the Missouri river and
across Oregon in the year 1906, the
two volumes OF which is supposed to
have been written 10y Nicholas Bid,lle,
who achieved so much nOtOriety as
| the head Of the United States bank in
President Jacksons time. says the
| st. Louis Globe Democrat. When he
wrote those two books he WAS pub
! Usher Of "a magazine, and he received
his notes Of the expedition from
Messrs. Lewis and Clarke. Thomas
Jefferson is supposed To have written
| the memoir Oi Captain Lewis. There
are now only Jew volumes of this
| old work in existence. perhaps not to
exceed II hall dozen cOpies-and they
are cherished as sacred curiosilies and
| invaluable.
About the only trace lett To .lesie-
nate any of the points visited 10y the
expeditiOn is II rui~ly carved name,
wv. 4. Clarke, July %, 1906" on
"Poml,ey Pillar" u huge rock on he
south side of the YELLOWSTONE river in
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