Archeologists visit Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump

At a meeting of the H. Earl Clack Museum Board Monday night, Board Chair Lela Patera discussed a July 6 visit from state archeologist Patrick Rennie and Montana native Jim Keyser of the Oregon Archeological Society.

Patera said the two archeologists did some work at the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump behind the Havre Holiday Village Mall.

“Why they were here was they wanted to map a stone that’s at the bottom of the stairs with a hoofprint on there,” she added.

She said the archaeologists verified it is real and she went with the two and their crew to watch the mapping process.

“They used a piece...