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Mastodons of Orange County
April 11, 2021 @ 10:00 am
Mastodons of Orange County
VIRTUAL Program by the Time and the Valleys Museum
Sunday, April 11, 2 p.m.
A large, extinct, elephant-like mammal of the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs, more than eighty mastodon remains have been recovered in New York State. Several mastodons have been recovered in the Orange County area, the first in 1811 by American painter, soldier, scientist and naturalist Charles Willson Peale in Montgomery, Orange County.
Speaker Gary Keeton has participated in several exhumations of New York state mastodons in the local area. Join Gary to learn about the modern recovery of these creatures that roamed the area more than 10,000 years ago.
Admission to the Museum’s virtual events is EASY. Just email the Museum at info@timeandthevalleysmuseum.org to receive a reply email invitation with information on how to log in for the program. Programs are provided FREE for Museum members. To become a member (only $25 for a full year!) go to: https://www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org/support/membership/ or just send a check to Time and the Valleys Museum, P.O. Box 254, Grahamsville NY 12740.