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Pompey's Pillar

William Clark's carved signature

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Pompey’s Pillar

rock monument, Montana, United States

Also known as: Pompey’s Tower

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association with Sacagawea

In Sacagawea
…Clark named Pompey’s Tower (now Pompey’s Pillar) on the Yellowstone after her son, whom Clark fondly called his “little dancing boy, Pomp.”
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