Prehistoric Texas?

Texas Parks and Wildlife reminds us that not only is Texas a big place with a diversity of ecosystems, but it also has a past worth exploring as well...They sent this across my desk a week or so ago...  View as a Webpage

Texans prize their history, and rightly so. It’s a special feeling to look down at the ground beneath your feet and know that it was once trod by Native Americans in hot pursuit of bison, settlers fleeing in the Runaway Scrape or legendary ranchers herding their cattle. Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine brings you 5 of these prehistoric places that you can visit and catch a glimpse into what came before us. Big Bend National Park Fossil Discovery Exhibit Big Bend National Park The arid canyonlands of Big Bend National Park seem to be the opposite of an ocean, but over the course of millions of years, the land that makes up Texas’ largest national park has been a warm and shallow sea and an inland floodplain. The inhabitants of these landscapes and more are displayed in an open-air building (opened in January 2017) designed to mimic the rusty color palette of the surrounding desert landscape. Dinosaur Valley State Park  Glen Rose Back when the limestone banks of the Paluxy River were just mud on the edge of an ocean, dinosaurs left tracks that would remain for millions of years. Many of the tracks are in the river, so be prepared to get your feet wet to see them. Five main track site areas have been mapped in the park. The park has plenty of other attractions, too, including trails and life-size dinosaur sculptures. Waco Mammoth National Monument Waco A visit to the Waco Mammoth National Monument will take you straight back to the Ice Age. This paleontological site offers visitors a view of a nursery group of Columbian mammoths that drowned in the floodwaters of the Bosque River between 65,000 and 72,000 years ago, as well as an Ice Age camel and the tooth of a saber-toothed cat. SEE THE FULL LIST .......