When we first made reservations here it was because it was halfway between the Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum. After going back and forth the past few days, we decided to find out why this was historic and special.
Well there are a couple of reasons why this park is important:
- Salt Springs – The salt springs for the last 10,000 years have attracted wildlife, then became kill sites for Paleolithic hunters then because a resort where people came to bask in the area’s “mineral waters.”
- Bison – The park maintains a small bison herd as a living link to the park’s prehistoric past.
- The park is part of the Lewis and Clark Trail.
- Today it still is a place of research and discovery for paleontologists, and archaeologists.
Yes, I copied that but I do have pictures.
We started out at the Visitor Center and Museum where we saw this Giant Sloth:
And the Bison:
Information on the Salt:
From there we took the trail to the Pleistocene Megafauna Diorama. The animals came to the springs for the water and the salt. Some times they went into the mud and did not survive. Other times, they may have been killed for food.
We followed the trail to the salt springs:
And then followed the trail to the Bison Herd.
On our way back, we had three of these beautiful deer walk near us.
Tomorrow we head south so stayed tuned and enjoy today.
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