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Dinosaur Fossil Cabin Museum
Como
Bluff Dig Site Page
Eight miles east of
Medicine Bow on U.S. Highway 30 sits one of the
most unusual artifacts in the Western states. The
museum building is constructed entirely of Dinosaur
bones from the Como Bluff dig site. The bones are
from a wide variety of dinosaurs, which were
excavated from the dig near the turn of the
century. In 1933, an entrepreneur named Thomas
Boylan meticulously hauled discarded bone fragments
from the dig site and assembled a building as a
museum. He also constructed a large stone house
nearby, which was built in the approximate
dimension of the giant Diplodocus which at the
time, was the largest dinosaur ever uncovered at
the nearby site. He could explain to the touring
visitors about how large this beast was when living
by the height and breadth of the house. The museum
housed additional artifacts from the dig and other
geological phenomena from around the
area.
Today the Fossil Cabin
Museum still
houses a collection of dinosaur bones, petrified
sealife and many other curios of interest to
rockhounds and dinophiles. The buildings sit on the
back of a ridge, which is encrusted with shark's
teeth, petrified clams and other unusual fossils.
Permission from the owner, Jody Fultz, is required
to enter the nearby private property to do any
fossil prospecting in the area. No facilities are
available at the site.
We're Sorry! The Fossil Cabin Museum is currently CLOSED, pending acquisition of a suitable manager.
This Historic Site and the surrounding property are currently for
Sale.
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