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Continuing the Carter County Museum's summer programming series, there will be a combination of a geology hike and a star party at Capitol Rock on Friday, July 3. The hike, led by CCM paleontology intern Elliott Armour Smith, will begin at 8 p.m. and the star party, led by CCM Museum Educator Steve Hobe, will follow at 9 p.m. The evening's events will end by 10:30 p.m. The entire event is free and open to the public.

The hike portion will be an interpretive tour of the rock formations at Capitol Rock. The 28 million year old Arikaree Formation overlays the 60 million year old Fort Union Fo...