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Either captain could assume sole leadership in a pinch--and often did. When Clark was waylaid with a boil on his ankle and abrasions on his feet from dragging the boats up the shallow Beaverhead River, Lewis forged ahead to find the Shoshone and the horses they desperately needed to cross the mountains. But just a few weeks later, when the entire party was near starvation on the Lolo Trail, it was Clark's turn to strike out ahead to hunt for food. If there ever was tension between them along the way, it was not recorded. Each captain consistently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leading Men | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...focus group on its educational prospects. He was mesmerized by a musket demonstration in Great Falls, Mont., and the sight of a stuffed grizzly bear in nearly every public building, though he did question the need to drive 200 miles to see if Sacagawea's landmark of Beaverhead Rock really looks like one. (From the right angle, yes.) We hope you'll be inspired to see for yourself, because the trail has so many stories to tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Discovering the Real Lewis and Clark | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...history laughs ... as each time the dynamic forces of a free Republic led by free men have given the lie to the defeatists . . . sweeping the nation's increased population to full employment and ever higher living standards.") They came from Beaverhead County, which has 6,706 people, 32 mines, 31,410 head of cattle, and is larger than Connecticut. They came from Granite County, from Madison County which have silver, lead, sheep, water power, and where 9,300 inhabitants including Indians are all cramped up in space half as big as Belgium. ("I wish the long-haired theorists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGNS: Up the Mountain | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

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