Ice Age

Ice Age (HM1HUU)

Location: Blue Rapids, KS 66411 Marshall County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 40.896', W 96° 39.572'

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The Monument to the Ice Age

— Blue Rapids, Kansas —

The age of ice made great changes in the Earth's climate. From 1.6 million to 10,000 years ago the climate chilled, glaciers formed and advanced and retreated at least twice. Advancing glaciers squeezed zones where plants, people and other animals lived — and influenced who would survive.
Before the Ice Age there were elephant-like mammoths and mastodons, giant armadillos, huge ground sloths, super bison, horses, saber-toothed cats, rhinoceroses, and camels living here in Kansas. After the Ice Age, all of these became extinct in North America. Fossils of many of these animals have been found near Blue Rapids.
[Dedicated 19 May 2012]
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HM NumberHM1HUU
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Year Placed2012
Placed ByGeorge Callison and Concerned Blue Rapids Citizens and Organizations
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Date Added Sunday, November 16th, 2014 at 9:01pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 700716 N 4395037
Decimal Degrees39.68160000, -96.65953333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 40.896', W 96° 39.572'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 40' 53.76" N, 96° 39' 34.32" W
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Area Code(s)785
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 100 W 6th St, Blue Rapids KS 66411, US
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