A nearly complete skeleton was found in the summer of 1914 by workmen excavating a drainage ditch through a swamp on the Pattison farm, about 15 miles northwest of Winamac, Indiana. At the time of discovery only a few bones, brought to the surface by the steam shovel, were obtained. Later, on Mr. W. D. Pattison’s invitation, an experienced collector from the U.S. National Museum was sent to the locality and the greater part of the skeleton was recovered. This nearly fully-formed mastodon now lives at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. Other mastodons, or some remains, have been found in the years since.
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2024 Annual Meeting, featuring the Indiana State Museum’s curator of Paleobiology, Dr. Catalina Tome’ who talks about Mastodons in Indiana (generally) and Pulaski County (specifically).