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SW of Great Falls, this 'Square Butte' was named "Fort Mountain" by Lewis & Clark:

This mountain has a singular appearance. it is situated in a level plain, it's sides stand nearly at right angles with each other and are each about a mile in extent. these are formed of a yellow clay only without the mixture of rock or stone of any size and rise perpendicularly to the height of 300 feet. the top appears to be a level plain and from the eminence on which I was yesterday I could see that it was covered with a similar coat of grass with the plain on which it stands. the surface appears also to possess a tolerable fertile mole [mold] of 2 feet thick, and is to all appearance inaccessible. from it's figure we gave it the name of fort mountain.
-- Journal of Meriwether Lewis, July 15, 1805.

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[Photo: June, 2013]

Description
SW of Great Falls, this 'Square Butte' was named "Fort Mountain" by Lewis & Clark:

This mountain has a singular appearance. it is situated in a level plain, it's sides stand nearly at right angles with each other and are each about a mile in extent. these are formed of a yellow clay only without the mixture of rock or stone of any size and rise perpendicularly to the height of 300 feet. the top appears to be a level plain and from the eminence on which I was yesterday I could see that it was covered with a similar coat of grass with the plain on which it stands. the surface appears also to possess a tolerable fertile mole [mold] of 2 feet thick, and is to all appearance inaccessible. from it's figure we gave it the name of fort mountain.
-- Journal of Meriwether Lewis, July 15, 1805.

Not the same as fav.me/d6pnnaj

[Photo: June, 2013]