Discovering the Mammoth Site

ID: 1388 ~ Source: Barron, Paul M., interviewed by Stephen Mayes Sloan, October 20, 2009, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Paul Barron speaks of the great discovery that he and his friend Eddie Bufkin made while exploring in the woods in 1978.

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By Amanda Sawyer
This important archaeological find containing the remains of twenty-five Columbian mammoths lies just on the outskirts of the city of Waco. Paul Barron and Eddie Bufkin discovered the site in 1978 while hiking along a dry seasonal creek bed between…