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Elmer's Park, Grangeville ID.
Little did we know this mammoth adventure which started at Tolo Lake would continue here and later in the day, down at the Salmon River.
On September 2, 1994, Rich Gribble & Gerald Smith, discovered large bones buried in the mud of Tolo Lake, which had been drained to deepen it for better wildlife habitat. After calls to local experts and archaeologists, the area became a hot spot that fall and the next summer for both professional and volunteer diggers.…
To date, the only species positively identified at Tolo Lake is the huge Columbian mammoth, typical of ancient cool to subtropical environments in North America. Tolo Lake has been a gathering spot for animals for many thousands of years, and for mankind at least 11,000 years.
In all, according to the Mammoth Replica Committee, remains of more than 200 Colombian Mammoths, which became extinct 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, were discovered. It is believed these prehistoric mammals may have come to the lake area to die.
Little did we know this mammoth adventure which started at Tolo Lake would continue here and later in the day, down at the Salmon River.
On September 2, 1994, Rich Gribble & Gerald Smith, discovered large bones buried in the mud of Tolo Lake, which had been drained to deepen it for better wildlife habitat. After calls to local experts and archaeologists, the area became a hot spot that fall and the next summer for both professional and volunteer diggers.…
To date, the only species positively identified at Tolo Lake is the huge Columbian mammoth, typical of ancient cool to subtropical environments in North America. Tolo Lake has been a gathering spot for animals for many thousands of years, and for mankind at least 11,000 years.
In all, according to the Mammoth Replica Committee, remains of more than 200 Colombian Mammoths, which became extinct 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, were discovered. It is believed these prehistoric mammals may have come to the lake area to die.