Lewis and Clark Meeting Indians at Ross' Hole
Charles Marion Russell · 1912
Why it's great
The explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who crossed the continent in 1804 to 1806, meet the Salish people at Ross' Hole in what is now Montana. Charles M. Russell painted it in 1912 for the Montana Capitol.
🏛️ Part of history
Westward Expansion & the Frontier (1803–1890) — The explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who crossed the continent in 1804 to 1806, meet the Salish people at Ross' Hole in what is now Montana.
Where to see it
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Charles Marion Russell was an American painter born in St. Louis in 1864. He moved to Montana as a teenager, worked as a cowboy and lived among the Blackfeet, then became the most famous painter of the Old West. He lived in Great Falls, where he died in 1926.
