Republicans are scared to death of Blumberg.
Only those on other planets.
The confluence of the Tanana and Yukon is called Squaw Crossing. Dunno the history of that, except the Tanana is about a mile across there and feet deep, except for a fairly narrow channel of deep water. So I can guess.
When I went aground there near the middle of the river, (never mind how) the damned Lab refused to get out of the boat. Had to manually remove him into all 8 inches of water to get the boat unstuck.