On the return journey from the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1806, the Corps of Discovery split temporarily. Meriwether Lewis led one group on a northern route and William Clark followed the Yellowstone River to its confluence with the Missouri. On the way Clark's group found a large sandstone formation next to the river. They named it after Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (aka Pompey), the infant son of Sacagawea. Clark, the graffiti artist, carved his named into the rock and his inscription is still there.
There's a little town in California's Central Valley named Westley, but it's not much more than a gas station. I'd like to have some natural feature with my name; a waterfall, a cliff, a mountain, even a hurricane... although in my case there would have to be at least 23 hurricanes in one season.
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