down to the last dog the reigning champ sown i can t tell black widow thomas she won her third straight title eating rather 36 and three quarters hot dogs. i m getting nauseous reading this barely beating challenger who downed 36. i can t tell you why. on this day in 1804, take you back to the explorers. mary weather lewis and william clark staging the first ever fourth of july celebration west of the mississippi river. that duo had set out on their own to a famous journey across the american west six weeks earlier, the expedition making solid progress in its early stages. by early july the party of 29 men had reached what is now the northeast corner of kansas, as the story goes the explorer stopped on the fourth at what they named independence creek. they fired a cannon, celebrated the holiday and the rest as you know is history. i m jamie colby in for shepard smith. so great to have you here. happy birthday, america. this is the fox report for july 4th, 2013.