![]() NPS/SIP: Mariah Slovacek ![]() NPS ![]() NPS Quotes from the Past“Professor Scudder went over to the Hill’s ranch to see about some fossil insects Mrs. H. had been collecting for him…[she] had boxes upon boxes of…most perfect insects of various descriptions.” From the field journals of Arthur Lakes, teacher and early geologist, 1877. “Only two miles from the Florissant post office are the quite famous petrified stumps. They are situated on a ranch owned by Adam Hill, and are the pride of his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Hill, who has turned naturalist, and has displayed at her home an elegant array of geologic specimens.” The Fairplay Flume newspaper June 17, 1880. “The specimens of Florissant were … made by Mrs. Charlotte Hill, the proprietress of the land where are exposed the banks containing the richest fossil shale.” From a publication on Florissant’s fossil plants by paleobotanist Leo Lesquereux 1883. ![]() NPS ![]() Stop 6: The Big Five
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Last updated: December 8, 2021