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La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), originally named the Hinrichs Mammoth Site and later the Fetterman Mammoth Site, is an archaeological site on a 7 meter deep alluvial terrace of the La Prele Creek in Converse County, Wyoming near Douglas. The La Prele Creek is a tributary of the North Platte lying about 1.6 kilometers from the confluence.
In 1952, Ed Lehner discovered extinct mammoth bone fragments on his ranch, at the locality now known as the Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site. He notified the Arizona State Museum, and a summer of heavy rains in 1955 exposed more bones. Excavations, led by William W. Wasley and Emil Haury, took place in 1955–56, and again in 1974–75.
Triceratops. Evidence for knowledge about fossils among the indigenous peoples of Wyoming stretches at least 11,000 years into the past, as a mammoth kill site of that age located in the Big Horn Basin that contains dinosaur stomach stones.
Worland: Washakie: Northwest: Multiple: website, fossils and Colby mammoth kill site display, Shoshone artifacts, art, pioneer and local history Weidner Wildlife Museum: Rock Springs: Sweetwater: Southwest: Natural history: Part of Western Wyoming Community College, mounted wildlife specimens Werner Wildlife Museum: Casper: Natrona: Central ...
Mammoth site may refer to: The Mammoth Site near Hot Springs, South Dakota; Colby Mammoth Site near Worland, Wyoming, with specimens displayed at the University of Wyoming; Hartley Mammoth Site, near Abiquiu, New Mexico; Mammoth central, a paleontological site on the grounds of Santa Lucia Airport in Mexico
The archaeologists located two concentrations of mammoth bones that day. [1] They were convinced the area was a Clovis site based on the bones and because Murray Springs shared the same geologic characteristics as the Lehner site. [1] Funding by the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society enabled excavations from 1967 to ...
Since 1973, the gray wolf has been on and off the federal government's endangered species list. When the wolves are on the list, advocates say the protections help wolves' place in the natural ...
Worland Ranch: Worland Ranch: March 5, 1992 : 801 U.S. Route 20: Worland: Ranch of Worland's founder C.H. "Dad" Worland (1844–1933), consisting of the original 1900 townsite and 10 contributing ranch properties built 1917–1918. [11]