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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 15, 2020
Caption: Montana's 70 Million Year Old Beach Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (upper left) A couple enjoying the Rimrocks in 1925. They are on the southern side of the Yellowstone River at what is now known as the Four Dances Recreational Area. Fred Inabnit, a local mountaineer, is seen on the left.; (lower left) Depiction of Western Interior Seaway.; (lower middle, L and R) A late 1930s view of North 27th street going up to Billings airport. Road widening efforts took out the sandstone on the right side of the photo., Montana Senators Lee Metcalf and Mike Mansfield introduced a bill to create Rimrocks National Monument near Billings in 1970. In 1971, the idea was rejected due to existing commercial development and the airport.; (lower right) Poem about the rimrocks, 1930, from Billings Polytechnic Institute, now Rocky Mountain College.
Submitted: March 5, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p571638
File Size: 3.027 Megabytes

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