#FossilFriday #MnMuseum highlight: Carver County Historical Society. Carver County’s past is on display, anchored by a mammoth molar amid exhibits on Indigenous history, agriculture, and military service.

The molar was found in 2000 at the W. Mueller & Sons gravel pit in Chaska, when Mori Willemsen’s clamshell dredge—dropping through 100 feet of water—hauled up a proboscidean tooth.

https://www.carvercountyhistoricalsociety.org/

#pleistocene #palaeontology #CitizenScience
Source: Chaska Herald, April 5, 2001, p. 1.

A #FossilFriday #MnMuseum highlight:
The Anoka County Historical Society has been invaluable in giving me access to rare Bison specimens and sharing key historical context.

ACHS is now relocating due to redevelopment and could use your support. They’re splitting operations between two sites:
• Research/offices: Ticknor House
• Collections: former Roots & Branches Church on Johnson St.

Support the move: https://anokacountyhistory.org/
Learn more on their History 21 podcast: https://anokacountyhistory.org/history-21-the-podcast-show-notes/