Discovered Here in Tualatin

In the 1870s, Tualatin pioneers discovered a huge jawbone while digging a drainage ditch. The curious settlers sent the jaw to the Smithsonian Institution, where scientists examined it and declared it came from a “prehistoric creature.” Read more to your right —>

The huge bones of the mastodon skeleton are on display at the Tualatin Public Library. The mastodon, now extinct, was once common in North America. The 14,000 year-old bones of this large mammal were discovered by Tualatin residents just a short distance from the Library.

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