Boaz Mastodon
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member onfire4jesus
N 43° 20.581 W 090° 30.221
15T E 702338 N 4801933
Boaz Mastodon Historical Marker in wayside on Hwy 14 east of Boaz
Waymark Code: WM1F1X
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member The Cheeseheads
Views: 36

“In 1897, after a severe rainstorm in Richland County, farm boys Chris, Harry, Clyde and Verne Dosch found large bones sticking out of an eroded bank on a tributary of Mill Creek near Boaz. The bones were later identified as those of the extinct American Mastodon, a large, hairy animal, nine feet tall and weighing eight tons, related to modern elephants. This was the first recorded discovery of mastodon bones in Wisconsin. Mastodons lived in North America from Florida to Alaska during cool, wet times dominated by spruce forests. They had moved into Wisconsin after the last glacial retreat about 13,000 years ago and lived here for the next 4,000 years, when they became extinct. A fluted quartzite spear point found near the bones suggests that humans also arrived in Wisconsin shortly after the glacial retreat and may have hunted these animals for food. The assembled Boaz Mastodon skeleton is on exhibit at the Geology Museum, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Erected 1995”
County: Richland

Location: Wayside

MarkerID: 326

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