Mastodon State Historic Site is an archaeological site that contains the Kimmswick Bone Bed. Bones of mastodons and other now-extinct animals. The area is one of the most extensive Pleistocene ice age deposits in the country. The first solid evidence of the coexistence of people and these giant prehistoric beasts was when scientists excavated a stone spear point made by hunters of the Clovis culture (14,000 - 10,000 years ago)
The museum has on display a full-size replica of a mastodon skeleton and tells the story of the oldest American Indian site that you can visit in the park.  |
| You can touch a real mastodon's tooth |
When you exit the museum there is the trail to go to the bone bed. First you have to go down some steep steps. A sign said there were 139 steps. I really didn't count them as I was concentrating on walking down them,as Colin and Andrew were already at the bottom waiting for me. We walked along the trail and came to another set of very steep steps. They reminded me of the steps at Niagara Falls. It was a really hot summer day and I didn't have any water or first aid kit with us. I told the boys this hike would be best to do in the fall season.
Cake artist - Rich Brooks
Eighty-nine down 161 to go.
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