Monday June 23, 2003: Great Falls, MT -
Missoula, MT
From
Anne DeGersdorff:The day began with a very pleasant walk along the Missouri River, beginning at a fish hatchery, we viewed a pool of adult "show" trout. and thousands of others waiting to be planted in other parts of this river or in other streams. A half-mile stroll took us to an interpretive center where we saw interesting stage-set-like exhibits of many events along the route of the Corps of Discovery. Our visit ended with witnessing a riveting monologue by an actor purporting to be George Shannon, the youngest member of the expedition, 30 years later. Anne DeGersdorff |
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Karl Bodmer's Plains Tipi
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Charley Russel's Camp Fortunate |
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At Charley Russell's Museum we also found this excellent recipe. Mrs. Charley Russell's White Cake Recipe 1/2 cup butter |
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Site
Co-ordinator Ann Goldhahn and Local Instructor George Dean
treated us royally while in Great Falls. Most notable was the Bar-B-Q
dinner Saturday night. here they are at Ryan Dam. We were extremely
fortunate to see so much water being run over the dam. this is the highest
the Missouri River has been in several years. |
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| The drive to Missoula took us past Square Butte and over the continental divide at Rogers Pass. The pass that Lewis used on his return in 1806 is about 6 miles northwest of here. | |
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