While Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and Devils Tower all provided some opportunity to learn a little about the site and people represented, for the most part they were photo opportunities and a chance to see something I had wanted to see in person. The visit to The Mamm
oth Site in Hot Springs, SD was different and part of a continuing educational dig into the ice age.
We went to Hot Springs on the morning of the day we visited Crazy Horse. It was a nice drive through the grasslands and we saw prairie dogs and bison along the way. The actual site started as a housing development for Hot Springs in 1974 when the person leveling the property to start construction noticed he had uncovered a tusk and as they say the rest is history. The developer agreed to sell the land to a group to develop the site. One requirement tha
t he placed on the development was that no bones where to leave the site. This means that anyone wanting to study the bones must come to Hot Springs.
The have build a building over this onetime sinkhole that contains at least 55 Mammoths and many other animals that were trapped 26,000 years ago. You tour through the dig that they estimate will last a least 60 more years and see many bones still resting where they were discovered. In addition they have a display area and windows that allow you to look in at the work being done in the lab. This was an unexpected site that I was very glad we took the time to visit. However, Marilyn says we will not be part of the volunteer group that comes in the spring to help with the dig.
oth Site in Hot Springs, SD was different and part of a continuing educational dig into the ice age.We went to Hot Springs on the morning of the day we visited Crazy Horse. It was a nice drive through the grasslands and we saw prairie dogs and bison along the way. The actual site started as a housing development for Hot Springs in 1974 when the person leveling the property to start construction noticed he had uncovered a tusk and as they say the rest is history. The developer agreed to sell the land to a group to develop the site. One requirement tha
t he placed on the development was that no bones where to leave the site. This means that anyone wanting to study the bones must come to Hot Springs.The have build a building over this onetime sinkhole that contains at least 55 Mammoths and many other animals that were trapped 26,000 years ago. You tour through the dig that they estimate will last a least 60 more years and see many bones still resting where they were discovered. In addition they have a display area and windows that allow you to look in at the work being done in the lab. This was an unexpected site that I was very glad we took the time to visit. However, Marilyn says we will not be part of the volunteer group that comes in the spring to help with the dig.
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