FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mark Sundlov
March 7, 2008
(701) 572-9034

EASTER EGG HUNT FEATURED AT MISSOURI-YELLOWSTONE
CONFLUENCE INTERPRETIVE CENTER MARCH 22

WILLISTON – The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center, in cooperation with the Trenton Fire Department, will hold an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 22, beginning at
11 a.m. Central Time.  This special community event will offer children not only the chance to chase down those elusive Easter Eggs at the confluence, but also allow them to enjoy the educational opportunities provided by the Confluence Center’s exhibits.

While the Trenton Fire Department has been offering this event to local children for more than 15 years, this year will be even more special as the fire department and Confluence Center join forces to offer the children the best Easter Egg Hunt experience possible.

The event is free and open to the public.  Free refreshments will also be available.

Located one-half mile east of Fort Buford, the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center tells the story of the confluence of these two mighty rivers, as well as provides the same magnificent view that Lewis and Clark Expedition members enjoyed when they visited in 1805 and 1806.  One of the facility’s unique features is a large replica of a compass that the explorers carried on their 1803-06 expedition. Located in the center of the facility’s rotunda, it measures eight feet in diameter and faces true north, just as Lewis and Clark would have looked north when they were at the same site 200 years ago.  The rotunda area includes three large murals featuring quotes from the Lewis and Clark Journals, and paintings of the Missouri River landscape by Colonel Philippe Régis de Trobriand, commanding officer of Fort Stevenson near present-day Garrison, N.D., in the late 1860s.

The Confluence Center is open year-round. Its winter hours are now in effect, and are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.  It is closed on New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Admission to the Center’s exhibits is $5 per adult, $2.50 per child, ages 6-15, and children 5 and under are admitted free.

Free admission to all sites administered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND) is one of the many benefits for members of the SHSND Foundation. Others include a 15 percent discount on museum store purchases, and the quarterly publications North Dakota History and Plains Talk.  To become a member, call the Foundation at (701) 222-1966 or visit the Foundation’s website at www.statehistoricalfoundation.com.

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