In this segment of the Ice Age DuPage series, we explore the little known Wheaton Mastodon, a fairly complete skeleton exhumed by a Milton Township farmer, Horace Jayne in 1869, just a few miles to the west of Wheaton, in DuPage County, Illinois.
In this video, we describe its discovery, how it lit up the area's interest for a brief period, and what ultimately became of this important specimen.
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IMAGE CREDITS (NPR = www.newspapers.com)
- Chicago Tribune, NPR
- Chicago Academy of Sciences
- University of California @ Berkeley
- Mineral Point Tribune, NPR
- Chicago Evening Mail, NPR
- www.familysearch.org (justsherrie)
- Library of Congress, www.loc.gov
- www.greatchicagofire.org
- National Portrait Gallery, npg.si.edu/portraits
- rarehistoricalphotos.com
- Smithsonian Institute Archives, siarchives.si.edu
- 1880 US Census, www.familysearch.org
- Scranton Weekly Republican, NPR
- DuPage County Marriage Records, www.familysearch.org
- 1874 DuPage County Plat Map, www.idaillinois.org
- 1908 US Geological Survey Maps, livingatlas.arcgis.com
- Google Earth
MUSIC CREDITS (YAL = YouTube Audio Library)
- Opening / Closing theme - Realization - Hanu Dixit, YAL
- Venkatesananda by Jesse Gallagher, YAL
- Constance - The Descent by Kevin MacLeod
is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100850
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
VIDEO CREDITS (YT = www.youtube.com)
- Google Earth
- snowing greenscreen nearly 32 minutes, by zokirxon Kotibxanov, YT
- Smoke Green Screen Effect Loop, by Creative Film, YT
- Realistic rain with green screen, by 4K royalty free video, YT
- Mist Haze Effect Smokescreen, by Green Free Screen Effects Free Use, YT
- Fire, Inferno, by Stock Footage Royalty Free, YT
- Fire and Flame Overlay, by Roaylty Free Green Screen Footage, YT
AUDIO CREDITS (FS = www.freesound.org)
- Hand Digging
- Digging with Pick Axe (138412) - cameronmusic, FS
- Excavation (133424) - gerardhadders, FS
- Digging1 (346046) - YemiMoses, FS
- Digging_a_hole - lorenzosu, FS
- Rainstorm, Rolling Thunder - Living Sound Effects, Bainbridge
- City Park Ambience (153546) by sphion, FS
- Cow - Living Sound Effects, Bainbridge
- Street Festival Ambience - Living Sound Effects, Bainbridge
- Crowd Chatter - BBC 39 Schools and Crowds, BBC
- Steam Engine - BBC 42 Age of Steam, BBC
- Press Reception Crowd - BBC 07 Crowds, Children and Footsteps, BBC
- Wind (34338) by erh, FS
- Large Fire with Debris (483304) by craigsmith, FS
- Crowdpanic (435716) by belthazarus, FS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- To all the sledders that ever rode the snow drifts down Church Hill
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00:00 Titles and Opening
00:01:04 Thirsty Cows
00:02:06 Digging the Water Hole and Discovery!
00:06:29 Dr Hiatt's Description
00:07:59 Barn Museum
00:11:35 Wheaton Museum
00:12:41 More Digging
00:14:47 Museum Tour
00:16:40 Dwindling Crowds and Mastodon Sale
00:17:51 Chicago Academy Takes Ownership
00:19:36 Great Chicago Fire
00:22:06 The Fate of the Players
00:24:35 Tracing the Site
00:26:13 The Site Today
00:27:26 Backyard Mastodons
00:28:41 End Titles
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