In 1987, the fifth-grade class of Lincoln Elementary School in Great Falls, Mont., began to petition the Guinness Book adjudication office to consider their own Roe River for the record. The Roe, which flows from the freshwater Giant Springs to the Missouri River, takes its name from the state trout fishery nearby. Coming in at an average of 201 feet, the Roe was poised to D-liver Lincoln City’s river a crushing D-feat. Television and newspaper reporters picked up on the children’s crusade, which eventually made its way to the highest court of opinion in the land: “The Tonight Show.” “That’s how D battle of D River began,” said Robertson. “D Navy D-clared war.” All in good fun, of course, but many in Lincoln City took the loss of their bragging rights to heart. Dave Gomberg, who was hired as the director of the Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce in 1989, considered regaining the title a top priority.