American Mammoths

American Mammoths (HM1Q1N)

Location: Amarillo, TX 79101 Potter County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 12.269', W 101° 50.268'

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Site of Significant Archaeological Find

When this Santa Fe Railway general office building was erected in 1928, the remains of a mammoth were excavated from the basement and were placed in the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas.
The extinct American mammoths were closely related to the modern elephants of Africa and Asia. They migrated from Asia into America early in the Pleistocene Epoch, or Ice Ages, more than 1,000,000 years ago. They thrived on this continent until the end of that epoch, when they disappeared, along with many other ice age animals such as the giant bison ground sloth, horse, camel, and other lesser animals. The causes of this extinction are still being investigated.
There were several species of mammoths, some of them much larger than modern elephants. Remains of mammoths are so abundant in Pleistocene deposits of the Texas Panhandle that they serve as "Index Fossils" for beds of that age. Early inhabitants of North America, such as men of the Clovis Culture (circa 12,000 to 15,000 years ago), pursued the mammoth as a means of subsistence.
Preservation of history is a policy of the Santa Fe Railway System. See exhibit, foyer of this building.
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HM NumberHM1Q1N
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Marker Number4887
Year Placed1966
Placed ByState Historical Survey Committee
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 at 9:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 241656 N 3899409
Decimal Degrees35.20448333, -101.83780000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 12.269', W 101° 50.268'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 12' 16.14" N, 101° 50' 16.08" W
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Area Code(s)806, 512
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101-199 SW 9th Ave, Amarillo TX 79101, US
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