Gov. Schweitzer Touts Billings History 0
Governor highlights Billings history
While heading to the beach in Billings may seem impossible today, it wasn’t so far fetched 80 million years ago.
Governor Brian Schweitzer helped unveil a new geology sign to better showcase one of Montana’s oldest wonders.
Kids of all ages turned out Wednesday to see what used to be a seaway in Billings.
Governor Schweitzer and his wife Nancy have teamed up with the Montana Department of Transportation to try and get young people more interested in science.
The new sign, Shore of an Ancient Sea, can be found on the Black Otter Trail overlooking Billings, and it helps explain the history of this area millions of years ago.
Children even received a brief history lesson on how the ocean actually helped form the Rimrock’s.
But, Governor Schweitzer pointed out that water wasn’t the only thing here, “We had sharks. We had plesiosaurses. We had dinosaurs that were occupying the land above the ocean. It was an exciting place, but that was before I was here.”
The new geo-signs are one of the ways that Brian and Nancy Schweitzer are helping promote math and science awareness in Montana.
The sign is one of 32 new geologic signs across the state.
