Gigantic Glaciers

Gigantic Glaciers (HM1HVJ)

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° 39.568'

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The Monument to the Ice Age

— Blue Rapids, Kansas —

Huge continental glaciers, hundreds of feet thick, came from the north to northeastern Kansas in at least two different episodes carrying rocks, gravel, sand, and a special clay called loess to the Blue Rapids area. Our fertile soils and sand & gravel industries came from these glaciers.
Glaciers bulldozed the previous soils, grasses, trees and other plants, chilled the climate, lowered the Earth's sea level, then washed our landscape with meltwater, and charged the atmosphere with more moisture for deluges of rain and snow. The surging water formed our present-day stream courses.
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HM NumberHM1HVJ
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Year Placed2012
Placed ByGeorge Callison and Concerned Blue Rapids Citizens and Organizations
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Date Added Monday, November 17th, 2014 at 1:03am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 700722 N 4395037
Decimal Degrees39.68160000, -96.65946667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 40.896', W 96° 39.568'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 40' 53.76" N, 96° 39' 34.08" 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 601 Main St, Blue Rapids KS 66411, US
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