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Montana Business – Cashing in on Lewis and Clark celebration

June 12, 2005 /

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Corps of Discovery buffs can wash down a Pompey Steak Sandwich with a Lewis and Clark Lager at the Holiday Inn while in town for this month’s ‘‘Explore the Big Sky” commemoration.

They also can pick up bottled sand from a confirmed expedition campsite.

It’s been 200 years since Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left a cache near Great Falls on their way to the Pacific Coast.

Local businesses and entrepreneurs are ready to cash in as tourists arrive for 34 days of events commemorating the Corps’ journey through this area. Most say they expect a boost during the monthlong event but hope Lewis and Clark fever lingers after the closing ceremonies July 4.

‘‘We see this as a legacy event. The tourist will keep coming back to Great Falls to see these sites,” said Casey Buckingham, sales director at the Holiday Inn in Great Falls.

By Jo Dee Black of the Great Falls Tribune

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