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Field Guide To Big Bone Lick, Kentucky: Birthplace Of American Vertebrate Paleontology, Glenn W. Storrs, H Gregory Mcdonald, Eric Scott, Robert A. Genheimer, Stanley E. Hedeen, Cameron E. Schwalbach
Field Guide To Big Bone Lick, Kentucky: Birthplace Of American Vertebrate Paleontology, Glenn W. Storrs, H Gregory Mcdonald, Eric Scott, Robert A. Genheimer, Stanley E. Hedeen, Cameron E. Schwalbach
Special Publication--KGS
Big Bone Lick is the birthplace of vertebrate paleontology in the Western Hemisphere and has a long and celebrated history in the exploration of the American colonial frontier and of the early United States. Notable European scientists of the 18th century such as Buffon, Cuvier, and Hunter discussed the fossils found there. Prominent Americans of the time, such as Boone, Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson are also part of the site’s history. It is the type locality for several extinct late Pleistocene megafaunal mammals, most notably the iconic American Mastodon, who were attracted to the area by salt licks dictated by …
Yellowstone National Park: The Oberlin Connection, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College Library
Yellowstone National Park: The Oberlin Connection, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College Library
Exhibition Catalogs
Exhibition Dates: April 15 to June 15, 1987
An exhibition examining the connection between Oberlin and the early exploration of Yellowstone National Park, including Oberlinians General Henry D. Washburn and geologist Ferdinand V. Hayden.
Horace W. Slocum Journals - Accession 23, Horace W. Slocum
Horace W. Slocum Journals - Accession 23, Horace W. Slocum
Manuscript Collection
The Horace W. Slocum Journals include handwritten and typewritten accounts of Mr. Slocum’s journeys through South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, Illinois, New Hampshire, and other states in search of rocks and minerals. Of special interest are photographs and maps of geological and mining sites in the typewritten, edited version of the journals. There is also a map index. The journals extend mainly from 1938 to 1956.
The Oxford Hills And Other Papers, Charles E. Waterman
The Oxford Hills And Other Papers, Charles E. Waterman
Maine Collection
The Oxford Hills and Other Papers
by Charles E. Waterman
Merrill & Webber Co., Auburn, Maine 1929.
Contents: The Oxford Hills / Mansion and Man / Androscoggin Valley Paper-Makers / Gem Stones of the White Mountain Foot Hills / Andrew Cragie
List Of Mines And Minerals Belonging To The Maine Mining Company Which Have Been Explored And Reported On By Charles T. Jackson, M.D. Whilst Employed By The Company And The Legislature Of Maine And Also The Reports Of Their Agents, Charles Thomas Jackson
Maine Bicentennial
In 1836, Charles T. Jackson of Boston, was contracted by the State Legislature to conduct the first Anglo-European evaluation of Maine’s mineral resources. The List of Mines and Minerals, issued in 1837, is one the reports Jackson produced as part of this survey.