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| Look closely and you can see the
pigeon's porch and the hole he used to get inside the shop. |
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| This was a typical kitchen in
the 50's. I certainly remember these! |
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| And the TV I remember in our
home in 1956 looked just like this one! |
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| An example of a homesteader's
home. |
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| Back in Great Falls, we visited
the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center which
traces the Discovery Corps' travel from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. |
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| Members of the Corps of
Discovery were of white, black, and red racial origins, plus mixtures of
the three. There was also Seaman, the Labrador mix dog. The oldest among the men was Toussaint Charbonneau who was 47
years old. He and his Shoshone wife, Sacajawea, were hired as interpreters
for the group. She was only 17. Their son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau,
whom Captain Clark affectionately nicknamed “Pomp” and “Pompey”
for his “little dancing boy” antics, was only 55 days old when the
explorers departed Fort Mandan on April 7, 1805, bound for the Pacific
Ocean. He was so fond of Pompey that he named a landmark, in
northeastern Wyoming, after him. Pompey's Pillar features the actual
signature of William Clark along with the date of July 25, 1806.
This is the only remaining physical evidence found along the route that
was followed by the expedition. |
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| Portaging around the 5 falls
near Great Falls was no small chore and took a month. Some of the
boats were carved from huge cottonwood trees and weighed hundreds of
pounds. |
