Four Dances Natural Area: Difference between revisions
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[[File:Billings, Montana Four Dances Natural Area.JPG|thumb|Billings, Montana Four Dances Natural Area]] |
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”’Four Dances Natural Area”’ is {{convert|765|acre}} of undeveloped open space which were preserved in [[Billings, Montana|Billings]], [[Montana]], [[United States]], and became public land. The area was named after Chief Four Dances, an important religious and military figure in the history of the [[Crow Nation]]. The name in the [[Crow language]] is ”Annishi Shopash”, translated as “Place of Four Dances”. This area is traditionally recognized as a [[fasting]] site used by Four Dances in the 1830s, during the height of the [[Rocky Mountain]] [[fur trade]] and the intertribal plains wars. Four Dances took his name from the vision he received while fasting at this place. |
”’Four Dances Natural Area”’ is {{convert|765|acre}} of undeveloped open space which were preserved in [[Billings, Montana|Billings]], [[Montana]], [[United States]], and became public land. The area was named after Chief Four Dances, an important religious and military figure in the history of the [[Crow Nation]]. The name in the [[Crow language]] is ”Annishi Shopash”, translated as “Place of Four Dances”. This area is traditionally recognized as a [[fasting]] site used by Four Dances in the 1830s, during the height of the [[Rocky Mountain]] [[fur trade]] and the intertribal plains wars. Four Dances took his name from the vision he received while fasting at this place. |
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The area is on a plateau located {{convert|2|mi|0}} east of downtown Billings and is bordered on the east side by Coburn Road. On the west, the plateau is edged with cliffs that drop {{convert|200|to|800|ft}} to the [[Yellowstone River]]. |
The area is on a plateau located {{convert|2|mi|0}} east of downtown Billings and is bordered on the east side by Coburn Road. On the west, the plateau is edged with cliffs that drop {{convert|200|to|800|ft}} to the [[Yellowstone River]]. |
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