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Aug. 10: Billings, MT to Helena, MT
Today's only interpretive stop was the Three Forks of the Missouri
River. The Madison and Jefferson come together first to form the
Missouri R. and the Gallatin joins about 1/2 mile downstream. |
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Aug. 10: Billings, MT to Helena, MT
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Here,on July 28,Lewis and Clark named the three rivers which form the
Missouri: Gallatin for Secretary of the Treasury, Madison for Secretary
of State and "...the river we intend to take, for
that illustrious personage Thomas Jefferson, the author of our
enterprise." |
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We walk over "Fort Rock", the hill that separates the newly formed
Missouri from the Gallatin River. |
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Gallatin River
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We gather at the other end of the hill, under "Lewis's Rock"... |
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...and walk down for lunch alongside the Gallatin River. |
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Finally, we see the Gallatin River give tribute to the Missouri by two
mouths around a gravel delta. |
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1712...Aug. 10: Billings, MT to Helena, MT
+ 281 = 1993
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