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About the Collection

The science of Geology was in its infancy at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Neither Lewis nor Clark had any training in geology, mining, or mineralogy. The geologic terms they used, however, reveal much about their understanding (and misunderstanding) of geology. Their journal entries name several rock types: chalk, flint, flintstone, freestone, granite, lava, limestone, marble, marl, pumicestone, sandstone, sandrock, slate, slate stone, and slate rock. Generally, the captains identified these rock types correctly – but not always. The captains were acquainted with names of many minerals, nevertheless most of the minerals and salts that they described were identified incorrectly.Little information has reached the public detailing the geography, geology, minerals or fossils that Lewis and Clark described in their journals. These pages depict and explain some of the more important geological observations and navigational aspects that the expedition recorded while within the present state of Montana.

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About the About Page

We want to make About pages exciting, and easy to build.

The CollectionBuilder about page features a narrowed column with its own (optional) menu, featured content, and some technical information.

To build one, a user writes in Markdown and includes content from the site, as well as typical Bootstrap features like cards and modals, using code snippets like those detailed below.

(Each included file has several options, which are documented in the files themselves. I’ve given the content widths of 25% and 50% to save space, but you can feature the entire image or document.)

Include Collection Items

Include an Image

• Image –> {% include feature/item-figure.html objectid="demo001" width="75" %}

Include a PDF

• PDF – > {% include feature/item-pdf-embed.html objectid="demo002" width="50" %}

Include a Video

• Video: {% include feature/item-video-embed.html objectid="demo004" %}

Include Bootstrap Features

Include a Card

• Card – > {% include feature/card.html header="This is a Card" text="The card features an image from the collection as a cap" objectid="demo004" width="25" centered=true %}

This is a Card

The card features an image from the collection as a cap

Include a Button

• Buttons – > {% include feature/button.html text="Button Link to Somewhere" link="https://collectionbuilder.github.io/" color="success" %}

Include an Alert

• Alerts – > {% include feature/alert.html text="this is an *alert* that 'warns' a user" color="warning" align="center" %}

Include a Modal

• Modals – > {% include feature/modal.html button="This is a modal using a 'primary' colored button to invite clicking" title="when clicked:" text="A Modal will pop out a box with some more information" color="primary" %}

We hope this makes it easier for site builders to develop the collection AND add interesting and engaging contextual information.