Mastodon pond to be recognized as historic site
Jul.02, 2009 in
Travel, Upstate New York
The mastodon pond in Montgomery was recognized as an historic site on June 17. It is important because the pond is the location of the world’s first complete prehistoric mastodon bones were found.
The site covers two acres, including the pond, which was left behind from the 1801 excavation of the mastodon skeleton. Noted artist and scientist Charles Willson Peale discovered the skeleton.
You can read the entire list put out by the The New York State Board for Historic Preservation here.
