Beginning Excavation Reveals Five Mammoths

ID: 1389 ~ Source: Smith, Calvin Bruce, interviewed by Leslee A. Elliott and Becky Shulda, April 17, 2007, in Austin, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Calvin Bruce Smith speaks of the first five mammoths that were excavated, and the professional help that was involved.

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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…