Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument - Fritch, TX
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N 35° 34.757 W 101° 42.197
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The Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument offers a daily tour of the quarries - in Fritch, Texas.
Waymark Code: WM16YT0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/01/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member rjmcdonough1
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The Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument was constructed to protect the several hundred flint quarries discovered here. Native Americans of the Ice Age Clovis culture used Alibates flint for spear points to hunt the Columbian mammoth before the Great Lakes were formed, and the Antelope Creek tribes mined this area extensively about five hundred years ago. The quarries are accessible only by guided tour, which leaves the Visitor's Center each morning at 10:00 AM.
State/States the Park is located...: Texas

Park Designation: Monument/Memorial

Times the Visitors Center (or Park) is Open....: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM

Website From the National Parks Service Page of this Waymark...: [Web Link]

SECONDARY website.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibates_Flint_Quarries_National_Monument

Are pictures included?: yes

Months the Visitors Center/Park is open...: Not listed

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