On August 1st, 1806, a yachting party consisting of Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, six of his men, and Sacajawea and her child, floated by here navigating a craft made by lashing together two hollowed out cottonwood logs. It was Clark’s birthday, and the outfit had to land this afternoon to let a herd of buffalo swim the river ahead of them. Another dilemma of this expedition is fighting off grizzly bears attacking their boats. By this time of the year the river level has dropped considerably, slowing their float and exposing freshly emerged gravel bars. I doubt if they saw a paddlefish on their journey, and who knows if they took time to hold a moss agate up to the sunlight and admire the translucent dendrite and ribbon effects in the rock. We may not have the grizzly bears and herds of buffalo crossing the river anymore, but the paddlefish and the moss agate were there then, and they are here now. We welcome you to stop by the Chamber of Commerce and learn about our Yellowstone Paddlefish Caviar, harvested and processed locally. And you must visit the untamed Yellowstone River, the longest free flowing river in the lower 48 states. You are welcome to hunt agates and collect all the colorful rocks you desire.