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The Tower -

On September 7th, 1804 the Corps of Discovery landed near “the foot of a round mounting [...] resembling a dome" ..."Capt Lewis & my Self walked up, to the top which forms a Cone and is about 70 feet higher than the high lands around it, the Bass is about 300 foot in decending this Cupola". Here the corps came across their first village of prairie dogs at the base of the hill. By flooding the burrow holes with " a great quantity of water" they killed one prairie dog and captured a second, which joined the expedition and survived the winter at Fort Mandan. On October 4, 1805. Lewis and Clark are credited with the first scientific description of the prairie dog, or Cynomys ludovician. Source: High Potential Historic Site

Audio - Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio(link is external)