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Jul 26, 2008 (Saturday) to

Jul 27, 2008 (Sunday)

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Billings, MT (map)

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Annual Clark Days Celebration will be held at Pompeys Pillar National Monument Saturday evening, July 26 and Sunday, July 27, 2008. Free entry to the Pompeys Pillar National Monume...

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Annual Clark Days Celebration will be held at Pompeys Pillar National Monument Saturday evening, July 26 and Sunday, July 27, 2008. Free entry to the Pompeys Pillar National Monument which is located 28 miles east of Billings, Montana along I-94 at Exit 23.

Clark Day honors Captain William Clark's stop at Pompeys Pillar during the return trip along the Yellowstone River. He climbed the sandstone rock and signed his name on July 25, 1806. Clark named the rock for Pomp and the Pillar remains the last physical evidence along the Lewis & Clark Trail.

Saturday evening--July 26, 2008: Free admission beginning at 5 p.m.
Free tent or RV dry camping Saturday nightpark rangers will be on duty all night
5:30-6:30 p.m. Nature Walk
6:30-7:30 p.m. Whatever Happened to Baby Pomp?
7:30-8:30 p.m. Early History of the Pillar
8:30-9:30 p.m. The Pryor Story
10:30-11:45 p.m. The Night Sky

Sunday--July 27, 2008
7:00-9:00 a.m. Pancake breakfast $4
6 a.m. Guided Bird Walk
10 a.m. Elk River Brigade Color Guard
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Programs for all age about and including displays of canoes, firearms, blacksmithing, travois, Metis, mountain man, Animals and Clark on the Yellowstone, medical practices, Clark's expedition maps, Following Clark's Trail, trade goods, live buffalo, storytelling, Lewis and Clark cooking, stamp camp, children's booth, Yellowstone River History, flinting, art of the Lewis and Clark expedition
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Southbound Band
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Buffalo Burger Lunch $6
Featured Presentations on Sunday
10 a.m. to Noon Kenneth Thomasma (author of Sacagawea and Naya Nuki) signs books and visits
1-2 p.m. Kenneth Thomasma Presentation (Main Stage)
2-3 p.m. John LeVar--The Mystery of Clark and the Crow Indians (Main Stage)
3-5 p.m. Indian dancers

Mailing Address:
5001 Southgate Drive
Billings, MT 59101

Street Address:
Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Billings, MT 59107

Phone: 406-896-5235

Alternate Phone: 406-875-2233

Fax: 406-896-5281

Email: rkodeski@mt.blm.gov


Directions:
Clark Days will be held at Pompeys Pillar National Monument which is 28 miles east of Billings. From Interstate 94, use exit 23 and follow signs one mile to Pompeys Pillar National Monument.

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