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Hendrickson was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Lee and Mary Hendrickson; her family soon moved to nearby Munster, Indiana, where she grew up. [1] She has two siblings: an older brother, John, [2] and her younger sister, Karen. Her father was a successful railroad purchasing agent, while her mother worked at American Airlines. [2]
The replica outside the Field Museum of Natural History in 2013. In 1999, an all-weather cast of Riggs' Brachiosaurus was installed on the museum's northwest terrace. The replica was visible from Lake Shore Drive and became "iconic for donning the jersey of various Chicago teams during sports seasons", according to Chicago Park District. [5]
Originally, the Field Museum had plans to incorporate Sue into their preexisting dinosaur exhibit on the second floor, but had little left in their budget to do so after purchasing it. Instead, the T. rex was put on display in the building’s main hall directly in front of the museum’s north entrance, where it would remain for the next 18 years.
The Battle of Seattle was a January 26, 1856, attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington. [2] At the time, Seattle was a small, four-year-old settlement in the Washington Territory that had recently named itself after Chief Seattle (Sealth), a leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish peoples of central Puget Sound . [ 3 ]
First Dinosaur Bone found in Washington State. Accessed May 30, 2015. Frequently Asked Questions. Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Accessed August 25, 2012. Lockley, Martin and Hunt, Adrian. Dinosaur Tracks of Western North America. Columbia University Press. 1999. Murray, Marian (1974).
Dinosaur tracks were excavated from the Dakota Group near Lamar, Colorado. These tracks are now exhibited by the Denver Museum of Natural History. [38] Late: An expansion of the Nevada State Prison was built over the Pleistocene fossil footprints that had been discovered there.
Notable battles occurred in present-day Tacoma, Seattle, and even as far east as Walla Walla. On 28 October 1855, a party of natives killed eight settlers in what was later called the White River Massacre. Three children fled on foot to Seattle, but a five-year-old boy was seized and held by the natives for six months before being released. [4]
Elmer Riggs (left) and Robt. Thorne (right) excavating Mammut ('southern mastodon') pelvis in situ, Argentina, 1926. Field Museum photo.. Elmer Samuel Riggs (January 23, 1869 – March 25, 1963) was an American paleontologist known for his work with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.