Pompey's Pillar

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DescriptionRock formation, east of Billings on the Yellowstone River, named in 1806 by William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, for Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacajawea's baby son, Pomp, a nickname bestowed upon the child by Clark. Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (Pomp) was born on February 11, 1805. Originally called Pompy's Tower. Site of later rendezvous by Stanley's Expedition (Custer) of the Yellowstone, 1873. See Term Pompey's Pillar May Be Invention Of Historians Who Embellished Writings Of Clark Referring to Pompy's Tower, Billings Gazette, November 13, 1938.TypeImageCreatorUnknownGenrephotographsSubjectPompeys Pillar National Monument (Mont.)Contributing InstitutionBillings Public LibraryGeographic CoverageYellowstone County, MontanaDigital CollectionBillings - Images of PlacesDigital Formatimage/jpgDigitization SpecificationItems were scanned with a Kodak ngenuity 9125 or a Panasonic KV-57075C at 300 DPI using Papervision Capture Scan software.Date Digitized2015copyrightNoC-US

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