Story and Photos by Helen Serras-Herman
MAMMOTHS, DINOSAURS, CAMELS, AND BISON ROAMED THE PLAINS OF PREHISTORIC TEXAS. To see the actual fossil remains of mammoths and footprints of dinosaurs, head to Central Texas, to two major sites: the Waco Mammoth National Monument and Dinosaur Valley State Park near Glen Rose. The distance between the two sites is only 71 miles, about a onehour, 20-minute drive.
At one site, you can see fossil remains of several mammoths dating back 65,000 years, and at the other site you can walk in the fossilized footprint track left by dinosaurs about 113 million years ago. Plus, you can learn about the great animals that lived from the Cretaceous Period through the Ice Age and how they were discovered.