Professor Alexander Emanuel Agassiz of Harvard sent his own representatives west, while Carlin and Frank Williston formed a bone company to sell fossils to the highest bidder.
O profesor Alexander Emanuel Agassiz da Universidade Harvard enviou os seus propios representantes ó oeste, mentres que Carlin e Frank Williston fundaron unha empresa de venda de ósos para venderlle os fósiles ó mellor ofertante.