The rocks on either side stand up on edge because of the great internal disturbances that made the Black Hills.

Over a radius of several sections there was a deposit of mud, rushes, turtles, and fish, several feet deep and a deluge of water. In a torrent the water rushed through the gap and a few miles below utterly destroyed eleven wagons that were loaded with miscellaneous merchandise for Black Hills points. There was no salvage. The storm had come from the southeast.

Not long after this storm, a surveying party headed by Robert Harvey were in Sheridan and Cherry counties. Others of the party were Wm. Culbertson, David Davis, Samuel Brittan, Ed. Turner, Sam F. Keeney, Max Amendi, C. R. Starkweather, Ed. Seeley and W. S. Orr. I believe Starkweather, who was the wagon boss, still lives in Salt Lake City. Seeley and Orr have been reported as dead. Amendi, Turner and Keeney dropped back into the unknown from which theyr came. Brittan and Davis were buddies and Davis was from the famous Molly Maguire district of Pennsylvania. Culbertson who came from a peppermint farm in Michigan was a musician and carried a "lap organ" which he used to entertain the boys at night about the campfire. He could play well and was a good singer which adds to the glory of the open life.

This party was in the vicinity of section 36-28-36 which is south of the Bordman. Mr. Harvey noticed a strip or wide swath where the grass was laid flat to the ground as though washed over by a flood. But it had been swept up grade which is contrary to the way that water runs.