Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park
Ashfall is a special place where scientists dig up ancient animals that died in a volcano ash cloud millions of years ago. You can watch the fossils being uncovered right where they lay.
It is famous for its perfectly preserved rhinos, horses, and camels frozen in time in the ancient ash. Kids and grown-ups love watching real paleontologists work inside the big Rhino Barn.
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Fossils
Complete skeletons of rhinos and other ancient animals rest in the ground exactly where they died long ago.
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Science
Inside the Rhino Barn you can watch real scientists carefully brush away dirt to reveal the bones.
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Learning
The park teaches how a faraway volcano covered the plains in ash and created this amazing time capsule.