Nov. 14, 25

To excavate the sauropod dinosaur Dystrophaeus viaemalae. Not only is this dinosaur scientifically important, but it is also historically important having been originally discovered in 1859 on the U.S. Army expedition lead by John Strong Newberry. Newberry wrote in his field notes “still remains to reward some future geologist who shall visit this locality with more time at his command and more adequate implements for rock excavations that we possessed.”