William Clark in 1806 came down the Yellowstone River on his way back to St. Louis. Lewis, his partner had decided to follow the Missouri back and they met at the mouth of the Yellowstone. On his journey down the Yellowstone he stopped to carve his name in a pillar, now called Pompey's Pillar. For about a century & 1/2 people carved their names into this pillar until the government took it over. There were signs all over saying that if you moved off the ramps an alarm would sound. I have trouble believe it through, as there were animals all over and if they had an alarm system it would be going off all the time. When I was a girl in the 70's, I remember walking around the pillar and seeing all of the
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