This site is absolutely incredible. Limestone deposits beneath the earth’s surface dissolved in water from underground springs. The land then collapsed and the resulting sinkhole filled with 95-degree water that lured mammoths to drink or feed on the vegetation. The mammoths could not get back up from the slippery steep incline, so they died by starvation or drowning. Along with the mammoths, remains were also found here of giant short-faced bear, white-tailed prairie dog, fish and other fauna. These bones lay undisturbed for over 26,000 years until 1974 when excavation for a housing project revealed the mammoth bones and tusks. All the bones you see in these pictures are real mammoth bones and tusks. It is a large ongoing archeological site. There are specific explanations for each of the bones and tusks in these pictures, but I will not explain them. You can easily see them.This is really cool. The lines dipping down under the green arrows are actually mammoth footprints!More mammoth footprints.Some tools used by the archeologists on site.
Buffalo Statues
Custer SD – September 2021
The town of Custer SD has buffalo statues placed on many of its corners. Cool artwork on all of them.
