February 22 – The Return of the Columbia Mammoth

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Based on an essay that appeared in Nisbet’s book Visible Bones plus extensive further research and updates, this talk will focus on the story of the Hangman and Pine Creek discoveries in 1876. They resulted in North American’s first mounted mammoth at the Field Museum and the type specimen of Mammut columbi at the American Museum of Natural History, as well as ongoing activity in the scientific world.

For details go to

https://www.northwestmuseum.org/calendar/all-events.cfm/event/the-return-of-the-columbia-mammoth