Kirby Lambert, a writer who worked at MTHS for decades and the author of 101 Places’ Lewis & Clark Caverns chapter, chatted with The Monitor Editor.
Monitor: You’ve visited the caverns – what did you think?
Lambert: There is no doubt that they are amazing! Unfortunately, I’m not the best person to ask because I’m fairly claustrophobic. I prefer Montana’s countless geologic wonders above ground. What I like best about Lewis & Clark Caverns are the Civilian Conservation Corps-built stone structures that serve as reminders of how, during a time of desperate unemployment, the government rose to the occasion by implementing programs like the CCC. And how, in turn, the workers rose to the occasion – laboring to craft remarkable buildings.
