Billings, Montana
Billings has the Rims, the Yellowstone River and the Beartooth Mountains all close at hand. The life you have lived in this place deserves to be told in your own words.
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When you drive up to the Rims at sunset, what tends to be on your mind?
William Clark's signature at Pompeys Pillar shows that a few words left in the right place can last a very long time, and your words can travel forward too, without any carving. ToldForward asks a friendly question a day and keeps your honest answers private while you live. The people you love will see how you saw Billings at this point in your life.
Billings, Montana
Plenty of people in Billings have a Rims story: a drive at sunset, a hike with friends, a look at the city lights after dark. The City of Billings counts the Rims, the Yellowstone River and the Beartooth Mountains among the area's great beauties. Where do you go when you need to think? Tell your family and friends about that place, what it looks like in each season and what tends to be on your mind when you are there.
About twenty-five miles east of Billings, at Pompeys Pillar, you can still see William Clark's signature carved into the sandstone, along with hundreds of other etchings. It is a reminder that a few words, left in the right place, can last a very long time. Your words can do the same. What would you carve into stone, if you could? What do you want the people after you to know about your life and the land you love?
The Billings metropolitan area has grown to more than 185,000 people, and growth brings new faces and new questions. How has the town changed since you first knew it? What do you miss, and what are you glad to see? Which stores, diners or ball fields hold your best memories? Your honest opinions, set down now, will show the people you love exactly how you saw things at this point in your life.
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