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November 26, 2002

Pronghorn, Montana, 1997

Photograph by Sam Abell

"Montana dusk frames the delicate silhouette of a pronghorn, the antelope [William] Clark admired as 'keenly made...and butifull.' Swift and alert, the animal eluded the [expedition's] flintlocks all across the plains. Clark marveled at its gait, describing it as 'reather the rappid flight of birds than the motion of quadrupeds.'"

—From the National Geographic book Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery, 1998