PARK SMELLED LIKE
POPCORN THIS WEEKEND,
ASTHEY HOSTED THEIR
ANNUALLEWIS AND CLARK
FILM FESTIVAL.
THE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES
THE DAYS THAT LEWIS AND
CLARK SPENT IN THE
BITTERROOT IN 1805.
THE EXPLORERS LAID CAMP
AT TRAVELERS REST ON THIS
EXACT DAY, SEPTEMBER
9TH, 213 YEARS AGO.
THE FILMS SHOW
INCLUDED REENACTMENTS,
DOCUMENTARIES AND
CAMPFIRE DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT LEWIS AND CLARK'
EXPERIENCES IN WESTERN
MONTANA AND IDAHO.




WE TRIED TO FOCUS ON
FILMS THAT ADDRESSED
THEIR EXPERIENCE HERE.
SO IT'S WORKED OUT PRETTY
WELL, WE'VE FOUND THAT A
LOT OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE
FILMS WERE LOCAL PEOPLE.
REENACT HERS WHO TRIED
THEIR HAND AT ACTING AND
DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
SOME OF OUR NATIVE
AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS
WERE TRIBAL MEMBERS
FROM THE FLATHEAD TRIBE
AS WELL AS THE BLACKFEET
TRIBE, SHOSHONE TRIBE
AND THE NEZ PERCE TRIBE.
SO PEOPLE I SEE YOU
FACES THAT THEY
RECOGNIZE, IF THEY'RE
FAMILIAR WITH LEWIS AND
CLARK STORY HERE AT
TRAVELERS REST.
THE ANNUAL EVENT WAS
FREE AND OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC.




IT'S NOT QUITE FAL
THE ANNUAL EVENT WAS
FREE AND OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC.
IT'S
