The Extreme History Project and Museum of the Rockies are hosting a bus tour along the Madison River to learn about the history and archaeology of the area. The day-long tour will include visits to tipi ring sites, the Missouri Headwaters State Park for lunch and activities, the Madison Buffalo Jump, and artifacts at the Museum of the Rockies. Experts will provide information and discussions at each stop about early Crow lifeways, archaeology of tipi rings, historic cooking, flint knapping, atlatl throwing, and the history of the buffalo jump site.

1. The Extreme History Project and the Museum of the Rockies Presents
Memories Along the Madison Bus Tour
Saturday, June 29
9:00am – 5:00 pm
Schedule of Events
8:45 AM
Check-in at the Museum of the Rockies
9:00 AM
Marsha Fulton and Crystal Alegria of The Extreme History Project will introduce the day’s events
9:30 AM
We board the bus and head off to see tipi rings along the Madison River. Along the way Shane Doyle will
discuss early Crow lifeways.
10:15 AM
Our bus arrives at the tipi rings and archaeologist Scott Carpenter will introduce the archaeology of tipi
rings along with archaeologist Jack Fisher of MSU. Shane Doyle will discuss tipi rings in Crow culture.
11:15 AM
From the tipi rings we will head over to the Missouri Headwaters State Park and our experts will take
questions along the way.
12:00 PM
We arrive at Missouri Headwaters State Park to find a special “homestead” lunch prepared for us on site. Our cook
will tell us about historic cooking on the Plains. After lunch we’ll have activity stations set up: flint knapping with Bill
McConnell of Past Skills Wilderness School , atl atl throwing with Nikki Dixon-Foley of the Museum of the Rockies and
historic crafts for kids.
1:45 PM
We’ll board our bus and head to the Madison Buffalo Jump. Archaeologist Jack Fisher will fill us in on
its story along the way.
2:15 PM
At the Madison Buffalo Jump, our experts will be on hand to share their knowledge of the history and
archaeology of the site.
3:15 PM
We’ll head back to the Museum of the Rockies. Our experts will be on the bus to answer your questions.
4:00 PM
Back at the Museum, Nikki Dixon-Foley will have some artifacts available for viewing. Have a final
chat with our experts and we’ll say goodbye until our next Extreme History Time Machine Tour!