Petrified Wood Park and Museum Sign in Lemmon, SD
N 45° 56.087 W 102° 09.568
13T E 720204 N 5090725
Quick Description: Road sign advertising the World's Largest Petrified Wood Park and Museum along US Hwy 12 at the Main Street of Lemmon, SD.
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 7/5/2006 9:08:10 PM
Waymark Code: WMGHV
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Long Description:
Petrified wood is abundant in the region around Lemmon, SD, with large amounts still being harvested on nearby range and farm lands to this day.
The City of Lemmon sponsors a large Petrified Wood Park and Museum up the street from this sign.
The Park is extensive and has many rare and intriguing displays made from the Petrified Wood, as these spires on this sign suggest.
Most of these exhibits were constructed during the 1930s by inmates at the local jail.
