William Clark

We visited Pompey’s Pillar in Montana.  It’s another of those places we never would have known about without wandering around.  When Lewis and Clark came through this area, they split up for a time.  Clark stopped at this rock along Yellowstone River and named it Pompey after Sagawea’s son’s nick name (pomp means “little chief”). 

He signed the rock like other travelers had done over the years.  The signature is the only known record left on a site of Lewis & Clark’s travels.  I love the fact that it's behind glass and with a lock!

This view is where Custer’s army stayed at one time.  Little Bighorn is near here.  We visited it on a previous trip so we aren’t visiting this time.