Archives

The monument's archive collection includes thousands of paleontology documents including manuscripts, photographs, and historical brochures. You can take a peak at a few of these historical documents below.

 

Plates from Tertiary Insects of North America (Scudder, 1890)

 

Historical brochures from Pike Petrified Forest and Colorado Petrified Forest

 

Historical excavation sites for MacGinitie (left) and Scudder (right)

 

Map of sedimentary lacustrine basin at Florissant near South Park
Drawn by A. Lakes Feb 20, 1878